Lyrics to
Not Guilty

This version of Not Guilty was released by George Harrison in 1979.

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Not guilty
For getting in your way
While you’re trying to steal the day
Not guilty
And I’m not here for the rest
I’m not trying to steal your vest.

I am not trying to be smart
I only want what I can get
I’m really sorry for your ageing head
But like you heard me said
Not guilty.

Not guilty
For being on your street
Getting underneath your feet
Not guilty
No use handing me a writ
While I’m trying to do my bit.

I don’t expect to take your heart . . .
I only want what I can get
I’m really sorry that you’re underfed . . .
But like you heard me said . . .
Not guilty.

Not guilty
For looking like a freak
Making friends with every Sikh
Not guilty
For leading you astray
On the road to Mandalay.

I won’t upset the apple cart
I only want what I can get
I’m really sorry that you’ve been misled . . .
But like you heard me said . . .
Not guilty.

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Not Guilty, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by George Harrison. Some of the lyrics to Not Guilty have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only George Harrison and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Not Guilty 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 Not Guilty" means the words set to the music of Not Guilty, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by George Harrison. 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 Not Guilty and the lyrics to Not Guilty are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of George Harrison who came here looking just for the lyrics to Not Guilty, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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