Lyrics to
Serious Music

This version of Serious Music was released by Hall & Oates in 1978.

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To play to get rich
And die baroque is wrong
If you write a song for god
Will he sing along
While rows of robot symphonies read on
Is that the way you wanted it played
Manuscripted memories
Sound with no electricity
Concentration line on the face of serious music
Manuscripted memories
Sound but no electricity
Concentration lines on the face of serious music
You brought a bit of jazz to the concert hall
But you won’t hear violins at the darkies’ ball
Your rhapsody in blue will outlive us all
I wish I was there the night you played it
Manuscripted memories
Sound with no electricity
Concentration line on the face of serious music
Manuscripted memories
Sound but no electricity
Concentration lines on the face of serious music

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About Lyrics and Serious Music by Hall & Oates

The lyrics for Serious Music are defined as the words making up the song released by Hall & Oates in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Serious Music have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Hall & Oates 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 Serious Music by Hall & Oates 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 Serious Music" means the words set to the music of Serious Music, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Hall & Oates. 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 Serious Music and the lyrics to Serious Music are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Hall & Oates who came here looking just for the lyrics to Serious Music, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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