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Deliver Your Children

This version of Deliver Your Children was released by Paul Mccartney in 1978.

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Well, the rain was a-failin’
And the ground turned to mud
I was watching all the people
Running from the flood
So i started to pray
Though i ain’t no prayin’ man
For the lord to come a helpin’
Knowing he’d understand
Deliver your children to the good good life
Give’em peace and shelter and a fork and knife
Shine a light in the morning and a light at night
And if a thing goes wrong you’d better make it right

Well, i had me a woman
She was good and clean
She spent all day with the washing machine
But when it come to lovin’
She was never around
She was out getting dirty
All over town

Well, i was low on money
And my truck broke down
I was on my way to the lost and found
So i took it to a dealer
I said make it run
Well, i ain’t got no money
But i got me a gun

I said you robbed me before
So i’m robbing you back
And if it don’t put you straight
It’ll put you on the right track
Well, i ain’t no devil and i ain’t no saint
But i can tell a dealer by the colour of his paint

If you want good eggs
You gotta feed that hen
And if you wanna hear some more
Well, i’ll sing it again

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About Lyrics and Deliver Your Children by Paul Mccartney

The lyrics to Deliver Your Children are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Paul Mccartney used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to Deliver Your Children have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Paul Mccartney and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Deliver Your Children by Paul Mccartney. 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 Deliver Your Children" means the words set to the music of Deliver Your Children, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Paul Mccartney. 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 Deliver Your Children and the lyrics to Deliver Your Children are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Paul Mccartney who came here looking just for the lyrics to Deliver Your Children, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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