Lyrics to
ELO Kiddies

This version of Elo Kiddies was released by Cheap Trick in 1977.

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‘ello kiddies
‘ello kiddies
Whatcha gonna do when the lights start shining
‘ello kiddies
‘ello kiddies
Whatcha gonna do when your head’s exploding
So you missed some school
You know that school’s for fools
Today money rules
And everybody steals it
‘ello kiddies
‘ello kiddies
Whatcha gonna do when your stomach’s burning
‘ello kiddies
‘ello kiddies
Whatcha gonna do when your guts are churning
You lead a life of crime
You got to go unwind
You haven’t got much time
You know they’re out to get you
‘ello kiddies
‘ello kiddies
Whatcha gonna do when you got religion
‘ello kiddies
‘ello kiddies
Hope you didn’t get it on the television
So you missed some school
You know that school’s for fools
Today money rules
And everybody steals it
You lead a life of crime
You got to go unwind
You haven’t got much time
You know they’re out to get you

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About Lyrics and Elo Kiddies by Cheap Trick

The lyrics for Elo Kiddies are defined as the words making up the song released by Cheap Trick in 1977. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Elo Kiddies have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Cheap Trick 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 Elo Kiddies by Cheap Trick 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 Elo Kiddies" means the words set to the music of Elo Kiddies, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Cheap Trick. 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 Elo Kiddies and the lyrics to Elo Kiddies are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Cheap Trick who came here looking just for the lyrics to Elo Kiddies, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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