Lyrics to
It’s Not So Funny

This version of It’S Not So Funny was released by Quiet Riot in 1977.

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Walking ’round the town with nothing to do
Rock-n-roll ringin’ in my ears
Why ajust my mind, just singin’ the blues
Got to find a way out of here

It’s not so funny
Just a kid, nobody listens to me
Ain’t got no money to do what I want
Somethin’s got to set me free

You say when you grow up you’ll have what you want
And everything that you need
What is the use of having it all
If you listen and never be seen

It’s not so funny
Just a kid, nobody listens to me
Ain’t got the money to do what I want
Somethin’s got to set me free

If I could suddenly be older
I’d show them all and bring them down to my size

My parents tell me you’re not the only one
There’s a lot of kids around like you
If all of us kids got together for fun
We’d show you a thing or two

No no no

It’s not so funny
Just a kid, nobody listens to me
Ain’t got no money to do what I want
Somethin’s got to set me free

It’s not so funny
Just a kid, nobody listens to me
Ain’t got no money to do what I want
Somethin’s got to set me free

It’s not so funny
I ain’t got no money
It’s not so funny
I ain’t got no money
It’s not so funny

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About Lyrics and It’S Not So Funny by Quiet Riot

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You can understand the lyrics to It’S Not So Funny 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 It’S Not So Funny" means the words set to the music of It’S Not So Funny, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Quiet Riot. 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 It’S Not So Funny and the lyrics to It’S Not So Funny are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Quiet Riot who came here looking just for the lyrics to It’S Not So Funny, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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