Lyrics to
Life From A Window

This version of Life From A Window was released by The Jam in 1977.

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Looking from a hilltop
Watching from a lighthouse, just dreaming
Up here I can see the world
Sometimes it don’t look nice
But that’s OK

Life from a window
I’m just taking in the view
Life from a window
Observing everything around you

Staring at a grey sky
Trying to paint it blue
Teenage blue

Life from a window
I’m just taking in the view
Life from a window
Watching everyone around you

Some people that you see around you
Tell you how devoted they are
They tell you something new on Sunday, but come Monday
They’ve changed their minds

I’m looking from a skyscraper
I’m standing on the post office tower
So I can see
All there is to see

Life from a window
I’m taking in the view
Life from a window
Watching everything around you

I’m looking from a skyscraper
I’m standing on the post office tower
So I can see
All there is to see

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The Jam has released many songs over the years besides Life From A Window. The Jam released songs from 1977 to 1992 spanning across albums like This Is The Modern World, In The City, All Mod Cons, Setting Sons, Sound Affects, Dig The New Breed, The Gift, and Extras. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by The Jam.

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About Lyrics and Life From A Window by The Jam

The lyrics to Life From A Window are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by The Jam in 1977. Elements of the lyrics to Life From A Window 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 Life From A Window back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Life From A Window 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 Life From A Window" means the words set to the music of Life From A Window, 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 Life From A Window and the lyrics to Life From A Window 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 Life From A Window, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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