Lyrics to
Nobody Home

This version of Nobody Home was released by Pink Floyd in 1979.

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I’ve got a little black book with my poems in
I’ve got a bag with a toothbrush and a comb in
When I’m a good dog they sometimes throw me a bone in
I got elastic bands keeping my shoes on
Got those swollen hand blues.
Got thirteen channels of shit on the T.V. to choose from
I’ve got electric light
And I’ve got second sight
I’ve got amazing powers of observation
And that is how I know
When I try to get through
On the telephone to you
There’ll be nobody home
I’ve got the obligatory Hendrix perm
And I’ve got the inevitable pinhole burns
All down the front of my favourite satin shirt
I’ve got nicotine stains on my fingers
I’ve got a silver spoon on a chain
I’ve got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains
I’ve got wild staring eyes
I’ve got a strong urge to fly
But I’ve got nowhere to fly to
Ooooh Babe when I pick up the phone
There’s still nobody home
I’ve got a pair of Gohills boots
And I’ve got fading roots.

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Pink Floyd has released many songs over the years besides Nobody Home. Pink Floyd released songs from 1967 to 1994 spanning across albums like The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, A Saucerful Of Secrets, More, Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother, Meddle, Relics, Obscured By Clouds, The Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall, Works, The Final Cut, A Momentary Lapse Of Reason, and The Division Bell. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Pink Floyd.

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About Lyrics and Nobody Home by Pink Floyd

The lyrics to Nobody Home are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Pink Floyd in 1979. Elements of the lyrics to Nobody Home are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Pink Floyd and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Nobody Home back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Nobody Home by Pink Floyd in a number of 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 Nobody Home" means the words set to the music of Nobody Home, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Pink Floyd. 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 Nobody Home and the lyrics to Nobody Home are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Pink Floyd who came here looking just for the lyrics to Nobody Home, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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