Lyrics to
Hay Fever

This version of Hay Fever was released by The Kinks in 1978.

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Sitting by my stereo all alone
My baby calls me on the telephone
She says, Baby take me out for a dance
I tell my baby I feel so bad
I can’t go out and it’s making me sad
But when you see me, I know you will understand

I got hay fever, blocking up my head
Hay fever, I ought to be in bed
How can I dance when I can hardly breathe
Wish I could cure this infernal allergy
I got hay fever blocking up my brain
Hay fever, feel the sinus pains
And all the pills and the powders are in vain
Thought I was cured but here it comes again
It goes ooh-ah

The pollen count’s getting higher and higher
My eyes are sore and my nose is on fire
My throat’s dry now and I’m starting to perspire
My stuffed up head’s killing all of my desire
I got hay fever, you wicked allergy
Hay fever, you put the curse on me
And I’ve inhaled every know remedy

I can’t stay cool ‘cos I’m starting to sneeze
I can’t make love when I can’t hardly breathe
We start to dance and my nose starts to bleed
There must be a cure for this hay fever
Is there a pill or a powder I can take
I must get a cure, my romance is at stake

Hay fever, you tore my image down
Hay fever, I must look like a clown
I must have used every tissue in town
I’m running round sniffin’ like a hound
I go ooh-ah

I wanna kiss but I’m sneezin’ instead
I can’t make love when my head feels like lead
How can I pose when my nose is all red
We should be home, should be tucked up in bed
But I got hay fever
Hay Fever

Hay Fever
Hay Fever
Hay Fever

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About Lyrics and Hay Fever by The Kinks

The lyrics for Hay Fever are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1978 song by The Kinks. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Hay Fever 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 Hay Fever - The Kinks 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 Hay Fever by The Kinks 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 Hay Fever" means the words set to the music of Hay Fever, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Kinks. 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 Hay Fever and the lyrics to Hay Fever are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Kinks who came here looking just for the lyrics to Hay Fever, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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