Lyrics to
Holloway Jail

This version of Holloway Jail was released by The Kinks in 1971.

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They took my baby to Holloway jail,
They took my baby, down Holloway jail,
She was a lady when she went in,
Now she’s in jail, and it’s giving me hell.

She was just succeeding in the city,
She was just beginning to excel,
And then a spiv named Frankie Simes
Led her to a life of crime,
And led her on the downward trail.

Frankie came home late from work one evening,
The C.I.D. were hot on his trail,
Frankie promised everything,
And then he went and turned her in,
She went and took the rap for him,
Now she’s impaled in Holloway jail.

They took my baby, down Holloway jail,
They took my baby to Holloway jail,
There ain’t no pity, there ain’t no bail,
And she assures me that it’s living hell.

She was young and ever so pretty,
Now she looks so old and pale,
She never sees the day,
She wastes her life away,
Sitting in that prison cell.

They took my baby to Holloway jail,
They locked my baby in Holloway jail,
She was a lady when she went in,
Now she’s in jail, and it’s giving me hell.

She’s impaled, in Holloway jail.

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About Lyrics and Holloway Jail by The Kinks

The lyrics for Holloway Jail are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1971 song by The Kinks. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Holloway Jail 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 Holloway Jail - 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 Holloway Jail 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 Holloway Jail" means the words set to the music of Holloway Jail, 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 Holloway Jail and the lyrics to Holloway Jail 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 Holloway Jail, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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