Lyrics to
Headline Hustler

This version of Headline Hustler was released by 10Cc in 1973.

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I got me a job on the local paper
Everybody there thinks I’m nice
But they’d better look twice
‘Cos it isn’t me
I wanna be

Headline hustler
Scandal maker
Headline hustler
Money taker

You keep writing me letters
But I haven’t got time
I’m busy looking at photographs
But they’d better not be from the BBC
You’re gonna hear from me

Headline hustler
Scandal maker
Headline hustler
Money taker

Better not turn around
I’ll stab you in the back
And you don’t know what I’m hiding
Under my plastic mac, under my plastic mac

I got a very good friend in the CIA
And he says that he never takes bribes
But he’s telling lies
‘Cos he’s into me
He knows I wanna be

Headline hustler
Scandal maker
Headline hustler
Money taker

If your brother’s wearing dresses
And your neighbour’s swapped his wife
Well, I’m gonna make the headlines
With your private life
With your other wife

Headline hustler
Scandal maker
Headline hustler
Money taker
Headline hustler
Scandal maker
Headline hustler
Money taker

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About Lyrics and Headline Hustler by 10Cc

The lyrics for Headline Hustler are defined as the words making up the song released by 10Cc in 1973. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Headline Hustler have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only 10Cc and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Headline Hustler by 10Cc 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 Headline Hustler" means the words set to the music of Headline Hustler, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by 10Cc. 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 Headline Hustler and the lyrics to Headline Hustler are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of 10Cc who came here looking just for the lyrics to Headline Hustler, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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