Lyrics to
Lonely Boy

This version of Lonely Boy was released by Sex Pistols in 1979.

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I’m left in misery
The girl I love’s gone across the sea
I’m all alone
I ain’t got no home
Mandy was her name
Sleepin’ was her game
She didn’t care about me
Oh God, baby can’t you see

I’m a lonely boy
I’m a lonely boy
I’m a lonely boy
I’m a lonely boy

I need her tender touch
Oh, I need it oh so much
I can’t forget
I’m so upset
I wonder where she’s gone
I wonder where she went wrong
I wanna get her back to me
But I think she’s tired of me

I’m a lonely boy
I’m a lonely boy
I’m a lonely boy
I’m a lonely boy

Every time I think of her
It brings back memories
I remember how it used to be
Oh baby, can’t you see?
Oh baby, come back to me.

I’m a lonely boy
I’m a lonely boy
I’m a lonely boy
I’m a lonely boy

Oh my darlin’ can’t you see
You’re the one that means so much to me
I know I need you’re tender touch
Oh I need it oh so much
I can’t wait to fill your crotch
Oh what a crotch
I can’t wait to fuck it

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About Lyrics and Lonely Boy by Sex Pistols

The lyrics for Lonely Boy are defined as the words making up the song released by Sex Pistols in 1979. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Lonely Boy have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Sex Pistols 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 Lonely Boy by Sex Pistols 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 Lonely Boy" means the words set to the music of Lonely Boy, 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 Lonely Boy and the lyrics to Lonely Boy 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 Lonely Boy, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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