Lyrics to
Getting Better

This version of Getting Better was released by Status Quo in 1977.

Our About Status Quo page at Decade Lyrics includes the lyrics for Getting Better from 1977 as well as all of the other lyrics from Status Quo that we have in our lyrics database.

Here's more interesting things in songs and lyrics tied to Status Quo or about the 1970s in general.

I used to get mad at my school
The teachers that taught me weren’t cool
Holding me down, and turning me round
Filling me up with your rules

Got to admit it’s getting better
It’s getting better all the time
Have to admit it’s getting better
It’s getting better, since you’ll be mine

I used to be angry young man
Me hiding me head in the sand
You gave me the word, I finally heard
I’m doing the best that I can

Got to admit it’s getting better
It’s getting better all the time
Have to admit it’s getting better
It’s getting better, since you’ll be mine
Getting so much better all the time

It’s getting better all the time, better, better, better
It’s getting better all the time, better, better, better

I used to be cruel to my woman, I beat her
And kept her apart from the things that she loved
Man I was mean but I’m changing my scene
And I’m doing the best that I can

Got to admit it’s getting better
It’s getting better all the time
Have to admit it’s getting better
It’s getting better, since you’ll be mine
Getting so much better all the time

---

Want more lyrics and songs by Status Quo?

Status Quo has released many songs over the years besides Getting Better. Status Quo released songs from 1968 to 2007 spanning across albums like Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo, Spare Parts, Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon, Dog Of Two Head, Piledriver, Hello!, Quo, On The Level, Blue For You, Rockin' All Over The World, If You Can't Stand The Heat, Whatever You Want, Just Supposin', Never Too Late, 1+9+8+2, Back To Back, In The Army Now, Ain't Complaining, Perfect Remedy, Rock 'Til You Drop, Thirsty Work, Don't Stop, Under The Influence, Famous In The Last Century, Heavy Traffic, The Party Ain't Over Yet, and In Search Of The Fourth Chord. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Status Quo.

If you're a fan of popular 1970s songs looking for more songs from 1977 or the 1970s overall, you've come to the right place!

About Lyrics and Getting Better by Status Quo

When you decide to study the lyrics to Getting Better, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1977 song by Status Quo. Some of the lyrics to Getting Better have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Status Quo and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Getting Better if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Getting Better" means the words set to the music of Getting Better, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Status Quo. 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 Getting Better and the lyrics to Getting Better are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Status Quo who came here looking just for the lyrics to Getting Better, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

More Songs & Lyrics by Status Quo

Visit our Status Quo profile for more Status Quo songs, lyrics & info!

)