Lyrics to
I’m Not Angry

This version of I’M Not Angry was released by Elvis Costello in 1977.

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You’re upstairs with the boyfriend while I’m left here to listen.
I hear you calling his name, I hear the stutter of ignition.
I could hear you whispering as I crept by your door.
So you found some other joker who could please you more.

I’m not angry, I’m not angry anymore.
I’m not angry, I’m not angry anymore.
Ooh, I know what you’re doin’.
I know where you’ve been.
I know where, but I don’t care,
’cause there’s no such thing as an original sin.

I’ve got this camera click, click, clickin’ in my head.
I got you talking with your hands, got you smiling with your legs.
Spent all my time in a vanity factory,
wonderin’ when they’re gonna come and take it all back.

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About Lyrics and I’M Not Angry by Elvis Costello

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

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