Lyrics to
Killin’ Time

This version of Killin’ Time was released by Cat Stevens in 1977.

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People polishing guns
They’ve got nothing better to do
Though they think they’re having fun
They’re just living to die, if they but knew
Now, now

All day long they sit at home
Waiting for the milk to come
Watch them turn into stone
Thinking ’bout the things they might have done,
Now, now

You missed the point, you missed the point
You really missed the point

Everybody’s got to know
Love’s the reason we’re here
No matter which way you go
Love’s gonna meet you there

Killing time, killing time
Killing time, killing time

You missed the point, you really missed the point
Made me cry, I wonder why, why
You missed the point, you missed the point
You really missed the point

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About Lyrics and Killin’ Time by Cat Stevens

When you decide to study the lyrics to Killin’ Time, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1977 song by Cat Stevens. Some of the lyrics to Killin’ Time have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Cat Stevens and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Killin’ Time 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 Killin’ Time" means the words set to the music of Killin’ Time, 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 Killin’ Time and the lyrics to Killin’ Time 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 Killin’ Time, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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