Lyrics to
Concrete Jungle

This version of Concrete Jungle was released by Bob Marley in 1973.

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No sun will shine in my day today; (no sun will shine)
The high yellow moon won’t come out to play:
(that high yellow moon won’t come out to play)
I said (darkness) darkness has covered my light,
(and the stage) And the stage my day into night, yeah.
Where is the love to be found? (oo-ooh-ooh)
Won’t someone tell me?
‘Cause my (sweet life) life must be somewhere to be found –
(must be somewhere for me)
Instead of concrete jungle (la la-la!),
Where the living is harder (la-la!).

Concrete jungle (la la-la!):
Man you got to do your (la la-la!) best. Wo-ooh, yeah.
No chains around my feet,
But I’m not free, oh-ooh!
I know I am bound here in captivity;
G’yeah, now – (never, never) I’ve never known happiness;
(never, never) I’ve never known what sweet caress is –
Still, I’ll be always laughing like a clown;
Won’t someone help me? ‘Cause I (sweet life) –
I’ve got to pick myself from off the ground
(must be somewhere for me), he-yeah! –
In this a concrete jungle (la la-la!):
I said, what do you cry for me (la-la!) now, o-oh!
Concrete jungle (la la-la!), ah, won’t you let me be (la la-la!), now.
Hey! Oh, now!

I said that life (sweet life) – it must be somewhere to be found
(must be somewhere for me)
Oh, instead: concrete jungle (la-la!) – collusion (la-la!) –
confusion (confusion). Eh!

Concrete jungle (la-la!): baby, you’ve got it in.
Concrete jungle (la la-la!), now. Eh!
Concrete jungle (la la-la!).

What do you stand(?) for me (la-la!), now?

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About Lyrics and Concrete Jungle by Bob Marley

The lyrics for Concrete Jungle are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1973 song by Bob Marley. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Concrete Jungle have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Concrete Jungle - Bob Marley and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Concrete Jungle by Bob Marley in multiple ways. 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 Concrete Jungle" means the words set to the music of Concrete Jungle, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bob Marley. 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 Concrete Jungle and the lyrics to Concrete Jungle are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bob Marley who came here looking just for the lyrics to Concrete Jungle, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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