Lyrics to
Pop Star

This version of Pop Star was released by Cat Stevens in 1970.

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Yes I’m going to be a pop star.
Yes I’m going to be a pop star, now.
Yes I’m going to be a pop star.
Oh mama, mama see me, mama, mama see me
I’m a pop star.

Yes, I’m going on the T.V. now.
Yes, I’m going on the T.V. now.
Yes, I’m going on the T.V. now.
Oh mama, mama see me, mama, mama see me
on the T.V.

Yes, I’m going on my first gig.
Yes, I’m going on my first gig.
Yes, I’m going on my first gig.
Oh mama, mama see me, mama, mama see me
on my first gig.

Now listen to me,
La da na la, na da la…

Well, I’m going to the cold bank, cold bank.
Yes, I’m going to the cold bank.
Yes, I’m going to the cold bank.
Oh mama, mama see me, mama, mama see me
at the cold bank.

Mama see me!
La da na la, na da la…

Well, I’m coming, coming, coming home now.
Yes, I’m coming, coming, coming home now.
Yes, I’m coming, coming, coming home now.
Oh mama, mama see me, mama, mama see me
I’m home.

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About Lyrics and Pop Star by Cat Stevens

When you decide to study the lyrics to Pop Star, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1970 song by Cat Stevens. Some of the lyrics to Pop Star have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Cat Stevens and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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