Lyrics to
I’m Bored

This version of I’M Bored was released by Iggy Pop in 1979.

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I’m bored

I’m the chairman of the bored,
I’m a lengthy monologue
I’m livin’ like a dog

I’m bored

I bore myself to sleep at night
I bore myself in broad daylight coz

I’m bored
Just another slimy bore

I’m free to bore my well-bought friends
And spend my cash until the end coz

I’m bored
I’m bored

I’m the chairman of the board

I’m sick
I’m sick of all my kicks
I’m sick of all the stiffs
I’m sick of all the dips

I’m bored

I bore myself to sleep at night
I bore myself in broad daylight coz

I’m bored
I’m bored

Just another dirty bore

All right doll-face
Come on and bore me

I’m sick
I’m sick of all my kicks
I’m sick of all the stiffs
I’m sick of all the dips

I’m sick

I’m sick when I go to sleep at night
I’m still sick in the broad daylight coz

I’m bored
I’m bored

I’m the chairman of the. . .

BORED!

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About Lyrics and I’M Bored by Iggy Pop

When you decide to study the lyrics to I’M Bored, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by Iggy Pop. Some of the lyrics to I’M Bored have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Iggy Pop and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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