Lyrics to
Oh, Jim

Released by Lou Reed in 1973
From the Album: Berlin |

This version of Oh, Jim was released by Lou Reed in 1973.

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All your two-bit friends
They’re shootin’ you up with pills
They said that it was good for you
That it would cure your ills

I don’t care just where it’s at
I’m just like an alley cat

And when you’re filled up to here with hate
Don’t you know you gotta get it straight
Filled up to here with hate
Beat her black and blue and get it straight

Do, do, do, do, do, do
When you’re lookin’ through the eyes of hate

All your two-bit friends
They asked you for your autograph
They put you on the stage
They thought it’d be good for a laugh

But I don’t care just where it’s at
‘Cause honey, I’m just like an alley cat

And when you’re filled up to here with hate
Don’t you know you gotta get it straight
Filled up to here with hate
Beat her black and blue and get it straight
Uh-huh

Oh, Jim
How could you treat me this way
Hey, hey, hey
How could you treat me this way

Oh, Jim
How could you treat me this way
Hey, hey
How could you treat me this way

You know you broke my heart
Ever since you went away

Now you said that you love us
But you only make love to one of us
Oh, oh, oh, oh, Jim
How could you treat me this way

You know you broke my heart
Ever since you went away

When you’re looking through the eyes of hate
Oh, oh, oh, oh
When you’re looking through the eyes of hate
Oh, oh, oh, oh
When you’re looking through the eyes of hate
Oh, oh, oh, oh
When you’re looking through the eyes of hate
Oh, oh, oh, oh
When you’re looking through the eyes of hate
Oh, oh, oh, oh
When you’re looking through the eyes of hate
Oh, oh, oh, oh


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The lyrics for Oh, Jim are defined as the words making up the song released by Lou Reed in 1973. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Oh, Jim have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Lou Reed and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Oh, Jim by Lou Reed if you think through it. 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 Oh, Jim" means the words set to the music of Oh, Jim, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Lou Reed. 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 Oh, Jim and the lyrics to Oh, Jim are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Lou Reed who came here looking just for the lyrics to Oh, Jim, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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