Lyrics to
New York

This version of New York was released by Sex Pistols in 1977.

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An immitation from New York
You’re made in Japan
From cheese and chalk
You’re hipy tarts hero
‘cos you put on bad show
Oh don’t it show

Still oh out on those pills
Oh do you remember

Think it is well playing Max’s kansas
You’re looking bored
And you’re acting flash
With nothing in your gut
You better keep yer mouth shut
You better keep yer mouth shut
In a rut

Still oh out on those pills
Do the sambo

You four years on
You still look the same
I think about time
You changed your brain
You’re just a pile of shit
You’re coming to this
Ya poor litlle faggot
You’re sealed with a kiss
Kiss me

Think it’s well playing in Japan
When everybody knows Japan is a dishpan
You’re just a pile of shit
You’re coming to this
Ya poor litlle faggot
You’re sealed with a kiss

Still oh out on those pills
Cheap thrills anadins
Aspros anything you’re condemned
To eternal bullshit
You’re sealed with a kiss
Kiss me

A kiss a kiss you’re sealed with a kiss
A looking for a kiss you’re coming to this
I wanna kiss anything
Oh kiss this gay boy

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About Lyrics and New York by Sex Pistols

When you decide to study the lyrics to New York, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1977 song by Sex Pistols. Some of the lyrics to New York have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Sex Pistols and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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