Lyrics to
Magic Transistor Radio

This version of Magic Transistor Radio was released by Beach Boys in 1973.

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He sat up in his open window
Looking quietly down at the path
A firefly flew in his room and flew right out again

Down jumped the prince
And he went again to find his radio

(Magic transistor radio)
(Glowing magic transistor radio)
(Glowing magic transistor radio)
As he made his way he could hear something once again
(Glowing magic transistor radio)
There was that transistor up on the same tree

Then from inside of it came a strange voice

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About Lyrics and Magic Transistor Radio by Beach Boys

When you decide to study the lyrics to Magic Transistor Radio, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1973 song by Beach Boys. Some of the lyrics to Magic Transistor Radio have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Beach Boys and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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