Lyrics to
Don’t Come Close

Released by Ramones in 1978
From the Album: Road To Ruin |

This version of Don’T Come Close was released by Ramones in 1978.

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Youn know it’s generally known
You got everything at home
Kisses out of desperation
Bring you more aggravation
And you don’t come close
You don’t come close
You don’t come close
You bring out your souvenirs
Soak them wet with your tears
You lose your imagination
Out of more aggravation
And you don’t come close
You don’t come close
You don’t come close
You turn red with rage
But act your age
Only thing that you regret
You need more time to forget
And you don’t come close
You don’t come close
You don’t come close


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The lyrics for Don’T Come Close are defined as the words making up the song released by Ramones in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Don’T Come Close have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Ramones 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 Don’T Come Close by Ramones 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 Don’T Come Close" means the words set to the music of Don’T Come Close, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Ramones. 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 Don’T Come Close and the lyrics to Don’T Come Close are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Ramones who came here looking just for the lyrics to Don’T Come Close, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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