Lyrics to
Meat City

This version of Meat City was released by John Lennon in 1973.

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Well I been Meat City to see for myself
Been Meat City been Meat City
Just got to give me some rock ‘n roll

People were dancing like there’s no tomorrow
Fingerlickin chickinpickin Meat City
Shookdown U.S.A. Pig Meat City

Well I been the mountain to see for myself
Been the mountain been the mountain
Got to give me some rock ‘n roll

Snake doctors shaking like there’s no tomorrow
Chickkinsuckin mothertruckin Freak City shookdown U.S.A.

Well I’m gonna China to see for myself
Gonna China gonna China
Just got to give me some rock ‘n roll

Well the people were jumping like there’s no tomorrow
Chickinsuckin mothertruckin Meat City shookdown U.S.A

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About Lyrics and Meat City by John Lennon

The lyrics for Meat City are defined as the words making up the song released by John Lennon in 1973. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Meat City have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only John Lennon 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 Meat City by John Lennon 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 Meat City" means the words set to the music of Meat City, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by John Lennon. 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 Meat City and the lyrics to Meat City are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of John Lennon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Meat City, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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