Lyrics to
Peanuts

This version of Peanuts was released by The Police in 1978.

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It’s all a game
You’re not the same
Your famous name
The price of fame

Oh no
Try to liberate me
I said oh no
Stay and irritate me
I said oh no
Try to elevate me
I said oh no
Just a fallen hero

Don’t wanna hear about the drugs you’re taking
Don’t wanna read about the love you’re making
Don’t wanna hear about the life you’re faking
Don’t wanna read about the muck they’re raking

You sang your song
For much too long
The songs they’re wrong
The bread has gone

Oh no
Try to liberate me
I said oh no
Stay and irritate me
I said oh no
Try to elevate me
I said oh no
Just a fallen hero

Don’t wanna hear about the drugs you’re taking
Don’t wanna read about the love you’re making
Don’t wanna hear about the life you’re faking
Don’t wanna read about the muck they’re raking

It’s all a game
You’re not the same
Your famous name
The price of fame

Oh no
Try to liberate me
I said oh no
Stay and irritate me
I said oh no
Try to elevate me
I said oh no
Just a fallen hero
(Oh, you’re just a fallen hero)

Don’t wanna hear about the drugs you’re taking
Don’t wanna read about the love you’re making
Don’t wanna hear about the life you’re faking
Don’t wanna read about the muck they’re raking

Don’t wanna find out what you’ve been taking
Don’t wanna read about the love you’re making
Don’t wanna hear about the life you’re faking
Don’t wanna read about the muck they’re raking

Don’t wanna find out what you’ve been taking
Don’t wanna read about the love you’re making
Don’t wanna hear about the life you’re faking
Don’t wanna read about the muck they’re raking

Peanuts, peanuts
Peanuts

Oh, no, no
Oh, no, no
Oh, no, no
Oh, no, no
Oh, no, no
Oh

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About Lyrics and Peanuts by The Police

The lyrics for Peanuts are defined as the words making up the song released by The Police in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Peanuts have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Police 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 Peanuts by The Police 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 Peanuts" means the words set to the music of Peanuts, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Police. 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 Peanuts and the lyrics to Peanuts are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Police who came here looking just for the lyrics to Peanuts, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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