Lyrics to
New York Broken Toy

This version of New York Broken Toy was released by Nazareth in 1977.

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She came from New York
Seems like a bright spark
Knew all the answers to the game
Moved to a new town
Soon pushed her way around
But you’re a lady just the same

She went the wrong way
Tryin’ to catch that boy
He only used her
Then broke her like a toy
Like a New York broken toy

Moved with the wrong pack
Hard headed, well stacked
Drop her guard if you drop her name
Made all the wrong moves
Knew all the lines to use
Too many got burned in her flame

She went the wrong way
Tryin’ to catch that boy
He only used her
Then he broke her like a toy
Like a New York broken toy

Since the news got around
Someone I brought up town
Needed a friend but no one came
She tried to change her views
But still she wasn’t bad news
Don’t ever lose at your own game

She went the wrong way
Tryin’ to catch that boy
He only used her
Then he broke her like a toy
Like a New York broken toy.

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About Lyrics and New York Broken Toy by Nazareth

The lyrics for New York Broken Toy are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by Nazareth. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to New York Broken Toy 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 New York Broken Toy - Nazareth 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 New York Broken Toy by Nazareth 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 New York Broken Toy" means the words set to the music of New York Broken Toy, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Nazareth. 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 Broken Toy and the lyrics to New York Broken Toy are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Nazareth who came here looking just for the lyrics to New York Broken Toy, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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