Lyrics to
Penny Arcade

This version of Penny Arcade was released by Jackson 5 in 1979.

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Girl you got me dizzy
You put me on a merry-go-round
While my heart was spinning
You ‘re somewhere else messing around

When we’re together
I think that I ‘m your only prize
You change like the weather
A little heartbreaker in disguise

Riding on a ferris-wheel
Is the way I wanna feel
But I ‘m standing in a line
And I can ‘t get a ticket to ride

Pretty little penny
You ‘re spending all the love I make
’til there isn ‘t any
You play your games
Penny arcade

Hey girl come on down
Get your feet back off the ground
Together baby we can ride
Come on honey don ‘t hide

Pretty little penny
You ‘re spending all the love I make
’til there isn ‘t any
You play your games
Penny arcade

Girl you make believing
You tell me candy covered lies
I ‘m the one you needing
Forget about the other guys

I know how you got this name baby
You were playing fun and games
Playing fun and games
I was busy as a bee (busy busy)
Honey take care of your business with me

If you keep lying (better slow down a baby)
You ‘ll wake up crying
Pretty, pretty little baby
You ‘re spending all the love I make
’til there isn ‘t any
You play your games (penny arcade)
You play your games (penny arcade)
You play your games (penny arcade)

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About Lyrics and Penny Arcade by Jackson 5

The lyrics to Penny Arcade are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Jackson 5 used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Penny Arcade have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Jackson 5 and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Penny Arcade by Jackson 5. 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 Penny Arcade" means the words set to the music of Penny Arcade, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Jackson 5. 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 Penny Arcade and the lyrics to Penny Arcade are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Jackson 5 who came here looking just for the lyrics to Penny Arcade, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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