Lyrics to
Give Me Some Truth

Released by John Lennon in 1971
From the Album: Imagine |

This version of Give Me Some Truth was released by John Lennon in 1971.

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i’m sick and tired of hearing
things
from uptight-short sighted-
narrow minded hypocritics
all i want is the truth
just give me some truth
i’ve had enough of reading
things
by nuerotic-pyschotic-
pig headed politicians
all i want is the truth
just give me some truth
no short haired-yellow bellied
son of tricky dicky
is gonna mother hubbard
soft soap me
with just a pocketful of hope
money for dope
money for rope
i’m sick to death of seeing
things
from tight lipped-
condescending -mommies little
chauvinists
all i want is the truth
just give me some truth
i’ve had enough of watching
scenes
of schizophrenic – ego – centric
– paranoic – prima – donnas
all i want is the truth
just give me some truth


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The lyrics for Give Me Some Truth are defined as the words making up the song released by John Lennon in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Give Me Some Truth have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only John Lennon and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

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Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Give Me Some Truth by John Lennon 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 Give Me Some Truth" means the words set to the music of Give Me Some Truth, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by John Lennon. 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 Give Me Some Truth and the lyrics to Give Me Some Truth are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of John Lennon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Give Me Some Truth, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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