Lyrics to
Claim To Fame

This version of Claim To Fame was released by Lou Reed in 1976.

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Talk-talk, yak-yak
watch you pull that old one track
Get it up and get it back
making it upon your back

No space, no rent
the money’s gone, it’s all been spent now
tell me ’bout your claim to fame

Now ain’t that some claim to fame

Extra, extra, read all about it now
extra, extra, something ’bout a claim to fame
Ooohhh sweet mama, ooohhh sweet mama
something ’bout your claim to fame

Wet lips, dry now
ready for that old hand out, now
ain’t that some claim to fame

Spaced out, spaced in
the head’s round, the square’s flat
ain’t that some claim to fame

Now tell me ain’t that some claim to fame

Extra, extra, read all about it now
extra, extra, something, something ’bout some claim to fame
Ooohhh-wheee sweet mama, extra, extra, something
something ’bout your claim to fame

Yeah now

I said now, extra, extra
something ’bout your claim to fame
I said now, extra, extra
something ’bout your claim to fame
Ooohhh mama, said now, extra, extra
something ’bout your claim to fame
Extra, extra, something ’bout a
about a, about a, something ’bout your claim to fame
Extra, extra, something ’bout a
’bout a, ’bout a, something ’bout your claim to fame
Ooohhh, ooohhh sweet mama
something ’bout your claim to fame
Oh, ooohhh sweet mama
something ’bout your claim to fame

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About Lyrics and Claim To Fame by Lou Reed

The lyrics for Claim To Fame are defined as the words making up the song released by Lou Reed in 1976. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Claim To Fame have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Lou Reed and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Claim To Fame by Lou Reed if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Claim To Fame" means the words set to the music of Claim To Fame, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Lou Reed. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Claim To Fame and the lyrics to Claim To Fame are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Lou Reed who came here looking just for the lyrics to Claim To Fame, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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