Lyrics to
Public Animal #9

This version of Public Animal #9 was released by Alice Cooper in 1972.

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Hey hey hey yeah hey hey hey
Me and G.B. we ain’t never gonna confess we cheated at the math test
We carved some dirty words in our desk well now it’s time for recess
Old man waitin’ by the monkey bars tradin’ all his ball cards
And they promised him a gold star and they told him he could go far
Hey Mr. Bluelegs where are you takin’ me
I’m like a lifer in the state penitentiary
If I keep my nose clean I won’t get my eyes shined
But I’m proud to be public animal number nine
License plates are are runnin’ out of my ears
I’d give a month of cigarettes for just a couple of lousy beers
Or even a bottle of real cheap wine
But that’s the price you pay to be
Public animal number nine number nine oh
Hey Mrs. Cranston where are you takin’ me
I feel like a lifer In the state penitentiary
She wanted an Einstein but she got a Frankenstein
Yeah I’m proud to be oh public animal number nine
Oh public animal number nine public animal number nine
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About Lyrics and Public Animal #9 by Alice Cooper

The lyrics for Public Animal #9 are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1972 song by Alice Cooper. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Public Animal #9 have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Public Animal #9 - Alice Cooper and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Public Animal #9 by Alice Cooper in multiple 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 Public Animal #9" means the words set to the music of Public Animal #9, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Alice Cooper. 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 Public Animal #9 and the lyrics to Public Animal #9 are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Alice Cooper who came here looking just for the lyrics to Public Animal #9, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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