Lyrics to
Pretty Vacant

This version of Pretty Vacant was released by Sex Pistols in 1977.

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There’s no point in asking, you’ll get no reply
Oh just remember I don’t decide
I got no reason it’s all too much
You’ll always find us out to lunch

Oh we’re so pretty
Oh so pretty
we’re vacant
Oh we’re so pretty
Oh so pretty
A vacant

Don’t ask us to attend ‘cos we’re not all there
Oh don’t pretend ‘cos I don’t care
I don’t believe illusions ‘cos too much is real
So stop you’re cheap comment ‘cos we know what we feel

Oh we’re so pretty
Oh so pretty
we’re vacant
Oh we’re so pretty
Oh so pretty
we’re vacant ah
But now and we don’t care

There’s no point in asking you’ll get no reply
Oh just remember a don’t decide
I got no reason it’s all too much
You’ll always find me out to lunch
We’re out on lunch

Oh we’re so pretty
Oh so pretty
we’re vacant
Oh we’re so pretty
Oh so pretty
we’re vacant
Oh we’re so pretty
Oh so pretty ah
But now and we don’t care

We’re pretty
A pretty vacant
We’re pretty
A pretty vacant
We’re pretty
A pretty vacant
We’re pretty
A pretty vacant

And we don’t care

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About Lyrics and Pretty Vacant by Sex Pistols

The lyrics to Pretty Vacant are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Sex Pistols used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to Pretty Vacant have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Sex Pistols 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 Pretty Vacant by Sex Pistols. 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 Pretty Vacant" means the words set to the music of Pretty Vacant, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Sex Pistols. 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 Pretty Vacant and the lyrics to Pretty Vacant are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Sex Pistols who came here looking just for the lyrics to Pretty Vacant, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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