Lyrics to
Cliches

This version of Cliches was released by Jimmy Buffett in 1976.

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She’s got a ballpark figure
He’s got a ballpoint pen
Travel around for weeks at a time
Writing down descriptions of the places they been
She plays guitar but nothing fancy
With no intention of becoming a star
Only thing that’s bothering him these days
Is where he’s gonna find a good ten cent cigar

Cliches, good ways
Say what you mean, mean what you say
She never did make her debut
He never made it to class
She’s 86’d from the Chart Room
He’s 29 and pushin’ 30 real fast
They’re funny when they get to rockin’
Goin’ out for the night on the town
Takin’ polaroid pictures that are never in focus
Just to look at when they finally slow down
Full moon, so soon
Wishin’ every month of the year could be June

He’s always tuned into Star Trek
She’s always tuned into him
Hidin’ his cookies when he gets the munchies
Tryin’ hard just to keep the boy slim
Tonight they’re gonna go star gazing
And try to figure out which one they’re near
Try as they might I don’t think they’ll reach the height
She know you can’t get there from here

Full moon, so soon
Wishin’ every month of the year could be June
Cliches, good ways
Say what you mean, mean what you say
Just say what you mean, mean what you say

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About Lyrics and Cliches by Jimmy Buffett

The lyrics for Cliches are defined as the words making up the song released by Jimmy Buffett in 1976. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Cliches have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Jimmy Buffett 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 Cliches by Jimmy Buffett 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 Cliches" means the words set to the music of Cliches, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Jimmy Buffett. 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 Cliches and the lyrics to Cliches are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Jimmy Buffett who came here looking just for the lyrics to Cliches, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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