Lyrics to
Crazy Little Child

This version of Crazy Little Child was released by Alice Cooper in 1973.

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Crazy little child
Never got to see
All the pretty things in life
Ahd him put away
And nothing they could say
Could ever make the pieces fit

Oh well, daddy-o was rich
Mama was a bitch
Living wasn’t easy in between
Behind the silent screen
Jackson in his teens
Was planning his escape

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He was a crazy little child
He rooled inside the playground
And grimy faced
He watched the others cry
Winos were his friends
And when he talked to them
They said, “Jackson, boy
They’ll get you by and by”

Depression set in
Desperate, cool and quick
Jackson learned the ropes
Out on the street
Little candy stores
Just pickin’ locks and doors
Just practice
For a two bit future thief

So Jackson went to Ritz
And everyone was hip
Ritz ran all the rackers
There in town

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About Lyrics and Crazy Little Child by Alice Cooper

The lyrics for Crazy Little Child are defined as the words making up the song released by Alice Cooper in 1973. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Crazy Little Child have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Alice Cooper 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 Crazy Little Child by Alice Cooper 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 Crazy Little Child" means the words set to the music of Crazy Little Child, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Alice Cooper. 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 Crazy Little Child and the lyrics to Crazy Little Child are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Alice Cooper who came here looking just for the lyrics to Crazy Little Child, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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