Lyrics to
Peggy Sue

This version of Peggy Sue was released by Beach Boys in 1978.

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If you knew a-Peggy Sue
Then you’d know why I feel blue
My Peggy a-my Peggy Sue
Well I love you, girl, yes I love you, Peggy Sue

Peggy Sue, Peggy Sue
Oh how my heart yearns for you
Oh Peggy–my Peggy Sue
Well I love you, girl, yes I love you, Peggy Sue

Peggy Sue, Peggy Sue
Pretty pretty pretty pretty Peggy Sue
Oh Peggy a-my Peggy Sue
Well I love you, girl, and I need you, Peggy Sue

I love you, Peggy Sue
With a love so rare and true
Oh Peggy–my-my Peggy Sue
Well I love you, girl, and I want you, Peggy Sue

Peggy Sue, Peggy Sue
Pretty pretty pretty pretty Peggy Sue
My Peggy a-my Peggy Sue
Well I love you, girl, and I want you, Peggy Sue
Well I love you, girl, and I want you, Peggy Sue
(Pretty pretty pretty pretty Peggy Sue)

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Beach Boys has released many songs over the years besides Peggy Sue. Beach Boys released songs from 1962 to 1992 spanning across albums like Surfin' Safari, Little Deuce Coupe, Surfer Girl, Surfin' USA, Shut Down Volume 2, All Summer Long, Christmas Album, Beach Boys' Party!, Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), Today!, Pet Sounds, Wild Honey, Smiley Smile, Friends, 20/20, Sunflower, Surf's Up, Carl And The Passions: So Tough, Mount Vernon And Fairway, Holland, 15 Big Ones, Love You, M.I.U. Album, L.A. (Light Album), Keepin' The Summer Alive, The Beach Boys, Still Cruisin', and Summer In Paradise. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Beach Boys.

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About Lyrics and Peggy Sue by Beach Boys

The lyrics to Peggy Sue are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Beach Boys in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to Peggy Sue are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Beach Boys and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Peggy Sue back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Peggy Sue by Beach Boys in a number of 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 Peggy Sue" means the words set to the music of Peggy Sue, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Beach Boys. 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 Peggy Sue and the lyrics to Peggy Sue are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Beach Boys who came here looking just for the lyrics to Peggy Sue, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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