Lyrics to
Fan Mail

This version of Fan Mail was released by Blondie in 1977.

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I set my hand to writing you
It drifted off the page
I sold my one vision for a piece of the cake
I haven’t ate in days
For unspoken value, aesthetic and charm
I’d smile at you sideways
But the lighting is wrong, I’m taking a picture and counting the cost
While the bells in my ears keep ringing

I set my hand to writing you
It drifted of the page
I nearly fell, I feel like a lowlife in hell
And I haven’t slept in days and days, days and days

Beat on my Fender through my Gemini 2
Play to the posters on the wall of my room
Thought I was crazy when I’d think about you
And the bells in my ears keep ringing
And the bells in my ears keep ringing
In my ear bells are ringing

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About Lyrics and Fan Mail by Blondie

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

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