Lyrics to
I Can’t Give You Anything

This version of I Can’T Give You Anything was released by Ramones in 1977.

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You better know what you want
You know how little I got
I can’t give you anything

You think I’m real cute
But who’s gonna briing home the loot?
Make up your mind about
Hope you don’t doubt, that
I can’t give you anything

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About Lyrics and I Can’T Give You Anything by Ramones

The lyrics for I Can’T Give You Anything are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by Ramones. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to I Can’T Give You Anything 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 I Can’T Give You Anything - Ramones 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 I Can’T Give You Anything by Ramones 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 I Can’T Give You Anything" means the words set to the music of I Can’T Give You Anything, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Ramones. 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 I Can’T Give You Anything and the lyrics to I Can’T Give You Anything are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Ramones who came here looking just for the lyrics to I Can’T Give You Anything, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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