Lyrics to
Jzero

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Well I ain’t got nothing.
But it don’t worry me
I came to this life like a free-walking tree
No need to be tied, no need to be–
They call me Jzero

Well I ain’t got nothing
And to nothing I belong
You won’t find me right,
Yet you won’t find me wrong
If you think about me,
Don’t thing too long–
Jus’ call me Jzero.

Well I don’t house no past
Never carried a key
My sun doesn’t rise from under the sea
There is only one morning
Eternally…dee d’lee d’lee

Well he says he hasn’t got nothing
But he seems to possess less
He waltzed through the door
Like a tapdance with death
What kind of fool is he?

No need to guess, jus’ call me Jzero.

Well I don’t eat a lot
I do work for nothing so
If there’s a job I can fill the gap
I don’t need a room, bed or pillow oh
Once you’ve decided to trust me with time
You won’t need to look back…
A doo de doo de doo

Well I ain’t got nothing,
But it don’t worry me
I came to this life like a free-walking tree
No need to be tied, no need to be–
They call me Jzero.

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Cat Stevens has released many songs over the years besides Jzero. Cat Stevens released songs from 1967 to 1978 spanning across albums like New Masters, Matthew & Son, Tea For The Tillerman, Mona Bone Jakon, Teaser And The Firecat, Catch Bull At Four, Foreigner, Buddha And The Chocolate Box, Numbers, Izitso, and Back To Earth. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Cat Stevens.

About Lyrics and Jzero by Cat Stevens

The lyrics for Jzero are defined as the words making up the song released by Cat Stevens in 1975. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Jzero have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Cat Stevens and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Jzero by Cat Stevens if you think through it. 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 Jzero" means the words set to the music of Jzero, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Cat Stevens. 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 Jzero and the lyrics to Jzero are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Cat Stevens who came here looking just for the lyrics to Jzero, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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