Lyrics to
Contact

This version of Contact was released by The Police in 1979.

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I’ve got a lump in my throat about the note you wrote
I’d come on over but I haven’t got a raincoat

Have we got contact
You and me?
Have we got touchdown
Can’t we be?

I’ve got contacts in my book and in my eyes
My good connection on the telephone never lies

Have we got contact
You and me?
Have we got touchdown
Can’t we be?

I’ve got a list of the people I have known
I’m never alone on the end of a phone

Have we got contact
You and me?
Have we got touchdown
Can’t we be?

I’ve got a lump in my throat about the note you wrote
I’d come on over but I haven’t got a raincoat
I’d come on over but I haven’t got a raincoat

(Have we got touchdown
Can’t we be?
Have we got contact
You and me?)

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About Lyrics and Contact by The Police

The lyrics to Contact are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by The Police in 1979. Elements of the lyrics to Contact are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by The Police and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Contact back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Contact by The Police in a number of 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 Contact" means the words set to the music of Contact, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Police. 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 Contact and the lyrics to Contact are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Police who came here looking just for the lyrics to Contact, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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