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Say It Ain’t So, Jo

This version of Say It Ain’T So, Jo was released by The Hollies in 1979.

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Say it ain’t so Jo, please, say it ain’t so
That’s not what I wanna hear Jo
And I got a right to know
Say it ain’t so Jo, please, say it ain’t so
I’m sure they’re telling us lies Jo
Please tell us it ain’t so

They told us that our hero has played his trump card
He doesn’t know how to go on
We’re clinging to his charm and determined smile
The good old days have gone

The image and the empire may be falling apart
The money has gotten scarce
One man’s word held the country together
But the truth is getting fierce

Say it ain’t so Jo, please, say it ain’t so
We pinned our hopes on you Jo
And they’re ruining our show

Ooh baby don’t you think
We’re gonna get burned
Ooh baby don’t you think
We’re gonna get burned
We’re gonna get turned
We’re gonna get burned
Yes we’re gonna get turned
We’re gonna get burned
We’re gonna get turned
Yes, we’re gonna get burned
We’re gonna get burned
We’re gonna get burned
Yes we’re gonna get turned
We’re gonna get burned

Say it ain’t so Jo, please, say it ain’t so
That’s not what I wanna hear Jo
And I got a right to know
Say it ain’t so Jo, please, say it ain’t so
I’m sure they’re telling us lies Jo
Please tell us it ain’t so

Say it ain’t so Jo, please, say it ain’t so
That’s not what I wanna hear Jo
And I got a right to know
Say it ain’t so Jo, please, say it ain’t so
I’m sure they’re telling us lies Jo
Please tell us it ain’t so

Say it ain’t so

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Say It Ain’T So, Jo, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by The Hollies. Some of the lyrics to Say It Ain’T So, Jo have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only The Hollies and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Say It Ain’T So, Jo 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 Say It Ain’T So, Jo" means the words set to the music of Say It Ain’T So, Jo, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Hollies. 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 Say It Ain’T So, Jo and the lyrics to Say It Ain’T So, Jo are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Hollies who came here looking just for the lyrics to Say It Ain’T So, Jo, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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