Lyrics to
Holidays In The Sun

This version of Holidays In The Sun was released by Sex Pistols in 1977.

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A Cheap holiday in other peoples misery!

I don’t wanna holiday in the sun
I wanna go to new Belsen
I wanna see some history
‘Cause now I got a reasonable economy

Now I got a reason, now I got a reason
Now I got a reason and I’m still waiting
Now I got a reason
Now I got reason to be waiting
The Berlin Wall

Sensurround sound in a two inch wall
Well I was waiting for the communist call
I didn’t ask for sunshine and I got World War three
I’m looking over the wall and they’re looking at me

Now I got a reason, Now I got a reason
Now I got a reason and I’m still waiting
Now I got a reason,
Now I got a reason to be waiting
The Berlin Wall

Well they’re staring all night and
They’re staring all day
I had no reason to be here at all
But now I gotta reason it’s no real reason
And I’m waiting at the Berlin Wall

Gotta go over the Berlin Wall
I don’t understand it….
I gotta go over the wall
I don’t understand this bit at all….

Claustrophobia there’s too much paranoia
There’s too many closets so when will we fall
And now I gotta reason,
It’s no real reason to be waiting
The Berlin Wall

Gotta go over the Berlin Wall
I don’t understand it….
I gotta go over the wall
I don’t understand this bit at all…

Please don’t be waiting for me

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About Lyrics and Holidays In The Sun by Sex Pistols

The lyrics to Holidays In The Sun are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Sex Pistols used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to Holidays In The Sun have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Sex Pistols and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Holidays In The Sun by Sex Pistols. 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 Holidays In The Sun" means the words set to the music of Holidays In The Sun, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Sex Pistols. 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 Holidays In The Sun and the lyrics to Holidays In The Sun are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Sex Pistols who came here looking just for the lyrics to Holidays In The Sun, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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