Lyrics to
It’s Too Bad

This version of It’S Too Bad was released by The Jam in 1978.

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All we seem to do is talk about it
we always end up shouting about it
there was a time when we could overcome it
But it’s too late to say we’ll just forget it
It’s too bad that we had to break up
and too much said for us to ever make up
I could get by if I could just forget you
but things remind me and I feel so sad now

Same old feeling everytime I see you
and every avenue I walk I’m behind you
your back is turned and your eyes are closed girl
you move in circles that are out of my reach now

I could say I’m sorry
but it’s not the point is it?
you want to play your games and
you don’t mind if I get high!

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The lyrics to It’S Too Bad are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by The Jam in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to It’S Too Bad are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by The Jam and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for It’S Too Bad back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to It’S Too Bad by The Jam in a number of 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 It’S Too Bad" means the words set to the music of It’S Too Bad, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Jam. 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 Too Bad and the lyrics to It’S Too Bad are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Jam who came here looking just for the lyrics to It’S Too Bad, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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