Lyrics to
Seventeen

This version of Seventeen was released by Sex Pistols in 1977.

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You’re only 29
Got a lot to learn
But when your mummy dies
She will not return

We like noise, it’s our choice
It’s what we wanna do
We don’t care about long hairs
I don’t wear flares

See my face not a trace
No reality
I don’t work, I just speed
That’s all I need

I’m a lazy sod, I’m lazy sod
I’m a lazy sod, I’m so lazy
I’m a lazy sod, I’m lazy sod
I’m a lazy sod, I’m so lazy
I can’t even be bothered
Lazy Lazy

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About Lyrics and Seventeen by Sex Pistols

The lyrics to Seventeen are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Sex Pistols in 1977. Elements of the lyrics to Seventeen are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Sex Pistols and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Seventeen back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Seventeen by Sex Pistols in a number of 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 Seventeen" means the words set to the music of Seventeen, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Sex Pistols. 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 Seventeen and the lyrics to Seventeen are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Sex Pistols who came here looking just for the lyrics to Seventeen, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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