Lyrics to
Liar

This version of Liar was released by Sex Pistols in 1977.

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Lie lie lie lie liar you lie lie lie lie
Tell me why tell me why
Why d’you have to lie
Should’ve realised that you
Should’ve told the truth
Should’ve realised
You know what I’ll do

You’re in suspension
You’re a liar

Now I wanna know
Now I wanna know
Why you never look me in the face
Broke a confidence just to please your ego
Should’ve realised
You know what I know

You’re in suspension
You’re a liar

I know where you go everybody you know
I know everything that you do or say
So when you tell lies I’ll always be in your way
I’m nobody’s fool and I know all
‘Cos I know what I know

You’re in suspension
You’re a liar
You’re a liar
You’re a liar
Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie

Lie lie lie lie liar you lie lie lie lie
I think you’re funny, you’re funny ha ha
I don’t need it don’t need your blah blah
Should’ve realised I know what you are
You’re in suspension
You’re in suspension
You’re in suspension
You’re a liar
You’re a liar
You’re a liar
Lie lie

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Sex Pistols has released many songs over the years besides Liar. Sex Pistols released songs from 1977 to 1979 spanning across albums like Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols, and The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Sex Pistols.

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About Lyrics and Liar by Sex Pistols

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

You can understand the lyrics to Liar 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 Liar" means the words set to the music of Liar, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Sex Pistols. 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 Liar and the lyrics to Liar are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Sex Pistols who came here looking just for the lyrics to Liar, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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