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Me And Julio Down By The School Yard

This version of Me And Julio Down By The School Yard was released by Paul Simon in 1972.

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Mama pyjama rolled outta bed, she ran to the police station
When the cop found out, he began to shout, he started the investigation
And it’s against the law, it was against the law
What what mama saw, it was against the law

Mama looked down and spit on the ground ever time her name gets mentioned
The cop said oy, if I get that boy
I’m gonna stick him in the house of detention
Well I’m on my way, I don’t know where I’m goin’
I’m on my way, takin’ my time, but I don’t know where

Goodbye to Rosie, the queen of Corona
Seein’ me and Julio down by the schoolyard
Seein’ me and Julio down by the schoolyard

In a couple of days they’re gonna take me away
When the press let the story leak
Now when the radical breach comes to get me released
Appears all on the cover of Newsweek
And I’m on my way, I don’t know where I’m goin’
But I’m on my way, takin’ my time, but I don’t know where

Goodbye to Rosie, the queen of Corona
Seein’ me and Julio down by the schoolyard
Seein’ me and Julio down by the schoolyard
Seein’ me and Julio down by the schoolyard

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

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