Lyrics to
I Didn’t Have The Nerve To Say No

Released by Blondie in 1977
From the Album: Plastic Letters |

This version of I Didn’T Have The Nerve To Say No was released by Blondie in 1977.

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You got ants in your pants, I don’t understand, I don’t trust the flick of your eyes
You’re a viper and love’s a fever
You said something profane and went for a vein but in spite of your delicate touch
I should have known as much. I’m a bleeder
I didn’t have the nerve to say no
I didn’t have the nerve to say no

You caught me surprised and my will resigned. Torture the minds of them all
You’re a brain drain, you’d better beat it
I’m following lines, the blind leads the blind, so hang me or grant me a stay
You better cut me loose or hand me a noose

I didn’t have the nerve to say no
I didn’t have the nerve to say no

There’s no end to the problem
Of a bad situation. Complication
No, no, no, no, ah
There’s no end to the problem
And frustration. I need a vacation
No, no, no, no, ah
And I know I couldn’t
And I know that I couldn’t say no


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When you decide to study the lyrics to I Didn’T Have The Nerve To Say No, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1977 song by Blondie. Some of the lyrics to I Didn’T Have The Nerve To Say No have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Blondie and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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You can understand the lyrics to I Didn’T Have The Nerve To Say No 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 I Didn’T Have The Nerve To Say No" means the words set to the music of I Didn’T Have The Nerve To Say No, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Blondie. 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 Didn’T Have The Nerve To Say No and the lyrics to I Didn’T Have The Nerve To Say No are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Blondie who came here looking just for the lyrics to I Didn’T Have The Nerve To Say No, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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