Lyrics to
Getaway

This version of Getaway was released by Kiss in 1975.

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I’ve been tryin’ to get away
To get away
To leave this old town
I’ve been tryin’ to see my way
To see my way
So I won’t be found

Many times I’ve felt alone
I’ve felt alone
But that’s all behind
One thing I know
I know
One thing is that

I know I have to go
Got no dough
Should I stay or should I go
Gotta get away
Don’t want to stay
Leavin’ tomorrow by subway

Some people, they tell me
They tell me
I’ve been here to long
It don’t compel me
They tell me
I just don’t belong

Sometimes I wonder
I wonder
What’s right or what’s wrong
One thing I
I know
One thing is that

I know I have to go
Got no dough
Should I stay or should I go
Gotta get away
Don’t want to stay
Leavin’ tomorrow by subway

I gotta get away
Get away, get away, get away
I gotta get away
Yeah, baby get away, gotta, gotta, gotta get away
Whoo, you’ve gotta get away

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About Lyrics and Getaway by Kiss

The lyrics for Getaway are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1975 song by Kiss. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Getaway 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 Getaway - Kiss 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 Getaway by Kiss 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 Getaway" means the words set to the music of Getaway, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Kiss. 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 Getaway and the lyrics to Getaway are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Kiss who came here looking just for the lyrics to Getaway, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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