Lyrics to
Nobody’s Child

This version of Nobody’S Child was released by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) in 1974.

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Painted lady, stop that closin’ in on me,
Painted lady, you’re supposed to be a dream,
Painted lady, you better stay away from me.

Painted lady, why you loosinin’ my tie,
Painted lady, what’s that twinkle in your eye,
Painted lady, you better stay away from me.

Painted lady, with your jewels and your beads,
Painted lady, don’t you do these dirty deeds,
Painted lady, you better stay here with me.

Nobody’s child til I saw the light of your smile.
Painted lady, nobody’s child, you have set me free.

Nobody’s child, you came in and stayed for a while.
Painted lady, nobody’s child, you have set me free.

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Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) has released many songs over the years besides Nobody’S Child. Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) released songs from 1971 to 2001 spanning across albums like No Answer, Electric Light Orchestra II, On The Third Day, Eldorado, Face The Music, A New World Record, Out Of The Blue, Discovery, Xanadu, Time, Secret Messages, Balance Of Power, and Zoom. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo).

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About Lyrics and Nobody’S Child by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo)

When you decide to study the lyrics to Nobody’S Child, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1974 song by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo). Some of the lyrics to Nobody’S Child have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Nobody’S Child 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 Nobody’S Child" means the words set to the music of Nobody’S Child, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo). 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’S Child and the lyrics to Nobody’S Child are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) who came here looking just for the lyrics to Nobody’S Child, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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