Lyrics to
Hooligan

This version of Hooligan was released by Kiss in 1977.

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My granny, she said I was a hooligan
Runnin’ ’round like a fool again
I went down to the candy store
If I had a nickel I’d buy some more

And I’m oh so sad, yeah, oh so bad
So sad, but it’s true
Baby, what can I do

My mama, she said I was a black sheep
My baby. she said I was a creep
And I’m oh so sad, oh so bad
So sad, but it’s true
Baby, what can I do

I got a ’35 Chevy on a ’55 frame
Can’t even spell my name
Dropped out of school when I was 22
What can I do to satisfy you

I’m a hooligan
Won’t go to school again
I’m a hooligan
Won’t go to school again, won’t go, no

I got a ’35 Chevy on a ’55 frame
Can’t even spell my name
Dropped out of school when I was 22
What can I do to satisfy you

I’m a hooligan, yeah
Won’t go to school again
I mean you know how cool I am
I’m a hooligan, I am a hooligan
Won’t go to school again, won’t go, no

I’m a hooligan
I mean like I’m so bad
Won’t go to school again, yeah, ha, ha
I’m a hooligan
And like every chick in town loves me
Won’t go to school again, won’t go, no
Nobody’s gonna pull me down

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Hooligan, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1977 song by Kiss. Some of the lyrics to Hooligan have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Kiss and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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