Lyrics to
Gonna Raise Hell

This version of Gonna Raise Hell was released by Cheap Trick in 1979.

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Gonna raise hell, gonna raise hell.
Gonna raise hell, gonna raise hell.

Ambition? ha!
If all i’ve heard is true, there’s nothin’ much i can do
To change the world, it’s irreversible.
But in what it lacks, it’s got a taste that smacks
of somethin’ irresistable.

Gonna raise hell, gonna raise hell, gonna raise hell.
Gonna raise hell, gonna raise hell, gonna raise hell.

Submission? yes!
Now i won’t name names, and a secret’s a secret,
But a hint’s a hint or a clue.
You really wanna know, you really wanna go,
There’s only two things you got to do.

Gonna raise hell, gonna raise hell, gonna raise hell.
Gonna raise hell, gonna raise hell, gonna raise hell.

Mother, mother.
Mother, mother.
Mother, mother.

My mission? ah, yes!
Everybody hear? everybody here,
It’s a fate i all agree.
Sometimes you win, i never lose,
To me it’s no mystery.

Gonna raise hell, gonna raise hell, gonna raise hell.
Gonna raise hell, gonna raise hell, gonna raise hell.

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

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