Lyrics to
Mean Old World

This version of Mean Old World was released by Robert Palmer in 1979.

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Look around, my brother
There’s a world at your command
You’d realize it
If you’d only lift your head up from your hands
Sail away from your troubles
Free as a bird up in the sky
Paradise is waiting in your mind

Ain’t no use sat complaining
Woman, that life don’t go our way
Idly wishing that tomorrow
Will come save us from today
Being tired of living with no money in your hand
Trying to find someone to understand

It’s a mean ol’ world
But it’s up to us
To make it heaven, here and now

It’s a mean ol’ world
But it’s up to us
To make it heaven, here and now

So come on, let’s get together
Sharing in love and happiness
Dah , whooo

Yeah it’s a mean ol’ world
But it’s up to us
To make it heaven, here and now

Whooo , dana dana

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About Lyrics and Mean Old World by Robert Palmer

The lyrics for Mean Old World are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by Robert Palmer. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Mean Old World 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 Old World - Robert Palmer 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 Old World by Robert Palmer 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 Old World" means the words set to the music of Mean Old World, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Robert Palmer. 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 Old World and the lyrics to Mean Old World are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Robert Palmer who came here looking just for the lyrics to Mean Old World, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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