Lyrics to
Every Kinda People

This version of Every Kinda People was released by Robert Palmer in 1978.

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Said the fight to make ends meet
Keeps a man upon his feet
Holding down his job
Trying to show he can’t be bought

It takes every kinda people
To make what life’s about, yeah
Every kinda people
To make the world go ’round

Someone’s looking for a lead
In his duty to a king or to a creed
Protecting what he feels is right
Fights against wrong with his life

There’s no profit in deceit
Honest men know that revenge does not taste sweet
Whether yellow, black or white
Each and every man’s the same inside

It takes every kinda people
To make what life’s about, yeah
It takes every kinda people
To make the world go ’round

Do do do, do do do, oh
Never knew, no no no no no

You know that love’s the only goal
That could bring a peace to any soul
Hey and every man’s the same
He wants the sunshine in his name

It takes every kinda people
To make what life’s about, yeah
It takes every kinda people
To make the world go ’round

Every kinda people
To make what life’s about
It takes every kinda people
To make the world go ’round

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About Lyrics and Every Kinda People by Robert Palmer

The lyrics for Every Kinda People are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1978 song by Robert Palmer. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Every Kinda People have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Every Kinda People - Robert Palmer and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Every Kinda People by Robert Palmer in multiple 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 Every Kinda People" means the words set to the music of Every Kinda People, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Robert Palmer. 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 Every Kinda People and the lyrics to Every Kinda People are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Robert Palmer who came here looking just for the lyrics to Every Kinda People, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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