Lyrics to
Only People

This version of Only People was released by John Lennon in 1973.

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Only people just know how to talk to people
Only people know just how to change the world
Only people realize the power of people
A million heads are better than one, so come on, get it on!

Well I know how we tried and the millions of tears that we cried
Now we are hipper we been thru the trip
And we can’t be denied with woman and man side by side
Make no mistake it’s our future we’re making,
bake the cake and eat it too!
We don’t want no pig brother scene

Well it’s long overdue there
ain’t nothing better to do
Now we are hipper we been thru the trip
We can fly right on thru, there’s nothing on earth we can do
Fish or cut bait it’s our future
e’re making all together now pull the chain!
We don’t want no pig brother scene

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About Lyrics and Only People by John Lennon

The lyrics for Only People are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1973 song by John Lennon. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Only People 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 Only People - John Lennon 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 Only People by John Lennon 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 Only People" means the words set to the music of Only People, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by John Lennon. 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 Only People and the lyrics to Only People are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of John Lennon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Only People, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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