Lyrics to
Pardon Me Sir

This version of Pardon Me Sir was released by Joe Cocker in 1972.

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Pardon me, friend
If what I’m saying don’t seem right
But that ‘s the only chance I get now for being man, yeah

Pardon me, sir
If what’s I’m saying frays you now
But that’s the only way to show you that I’m a clown, oho, yeah

I’m quite sure you understand, my baby
I’m quite sure you understand

Pardon me, friend
If what I’m saying don’t ring true
But that’s the only way I know now to get through to you

Well, pardon me, sir
If what I’m doing brings you down
But that’s the only place I know, sir, it’s time for town

Yeah, I’m quite sure you understand, my baby
Hope you do, hope you do, let me see it right now
I’m quite sure you understand
I’m quite sure you understand, my baby
I’m quite sure you understand

Yeah, pardon me, friend
If what I’m saying don’t seem right
Oooh now, but that ‘s the only, yeah, yes that’s the only way now

Oh, that’s the only, that’s the only way
That’s the only, oh, that’s the only way I know
That’s the only, that’s the only way
That’s the only, only thing I know

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About Lyrics and Pardon Me Sir by Joe Cocker

When you decide to study the lyrics to Pardon Me Sir, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1972 song by Joe Cocker. Some of the lyrics to Pardon Me Sir have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Joe Cocker and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Pardon Me Sir 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 Pardon Me Sir" means the words set to the music of Pardon Me Sir, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Joe Cocker. 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 Pardon Me Sir and the lyrics to Pardon Me Sir are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Joe Cocker who came here looking just for the lyrics to Pardon Me Sir, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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