Lyrics to
Ray Gun

This version of Ray Gun was released by Thin Lizzy in 1971.

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I know someone
Who doesn’t believe in God
Someone I know doesn’t even know God

He came from a planet three thousand miles away
Just a short trip
A kind of brief holiday

Can you give someone somewhere to stay
I gotta warn you, he’s gotta gun
I gotta warn you, he’s gotta gun

I know someone who came on a short trip
Travelling lightly
Travelling by spaceship

He came from a planet three thousand miles away
Can you give someone somewhere to stay
I gotta warn you, he’s gotta gun

Please look out woman
A ray gun!

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About Lyrics and Ray Gun by Thin Lizzy

The lyrics for Ray Gun are defined as the words making up the song released by Thin Lizzy in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Ray Gun have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Thin Lizzy and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Ray Gun by Thin Lizzy if you think through it. 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 Ray Gun" means the words set to the music of Ray Gun, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Thin Lizzy. 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 Ray Gun and the lyrics to Ray Gun are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Thin Lizzy who came here looking just for the lyrics to Ray Gun, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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