Lyrics to
Mean Mistreater

This version of Mean Mistreater was released by Grand Funk Railroad in 1970.

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Mean mistreater, you make me cry
You lay around and watch me die
Mean mistreater, can’t you see I’m real?
Are you satisfied with the way you feel?

I’ve tried hard to live without you in so many ways
I just can’t help myself from thinking of you for the rest of my days
Heartache is at my door step, won’t leave me alone
I just can’t get used to it, now that I’m on my own

I know all about you, your childhood days
Your mom and dad, your pretty face
Mean mistreater, if you need me
I’m needin’ you to set me free

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About Lyrics and Mean Mistreater by Grand Funk Railroad

The lyrics for Mean Mistreater are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1970 song by Grand Funk Railroad. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Mean Mistreater have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Mean Mistreater - Grand Funk Railroad and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Mean Mistreater by Grand Funk Railroad in multiple 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 Mean Mistreater" means the words set to the music of Mean Mistreater, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Grand Funk Railroad. 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 Mean Mistreater and the lyrics to Mean Mistreater are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Grand Funk Railroad who came here looking just for the lyrics to Mean Mistreater, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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