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Respectable

This version of Respectable was released by The Rolling Stones in 1978.

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Well now we’re respected in society
We don’t worry about the things that we used to be
We’re talking heroin with the president
Well it’s a problem, sir, but it can’t be bent
Uh yes!
Well now you’re a pillar of society
You don’t worry about the things that you used to be
You’re a rag-trade girl, you’re the queen of porn
You’re the easiest lay on the White House lawn
Get out of my life, don’t come back
Get out of my life, don’t come back
She’s so respectable
She’s so respectable
She’s so delectable
She’s so respectable
Get out of my life
Don’t take my wife
Don’t come back
Get out of my life
Don’t take my wife
Don’t come back
What I say!
She’s so respectable
She’s so respectable
She’s so respectable
She’s so respectable
Get out of my life
Don’t take my wife
Don’t come back
Oh get out of my life
Don’t take my wife
Don’t come back
She’s so respectable
She’s so respectable
She’s so delectable
She’s so respectable
Get out of my life
Don’t take my wife
Don’t come back…woo!
Get out of life
Don’t take my wife
Don’t come back
Get out of my life
Don’t take my wife
Don’t come back, come back, hey

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Respectable, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1978 song by The Rolling Stones. Some of the lyrics to Respectable have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only The Rolling Stones and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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