Lyrics to
Sounds From The Street

This version of Sounds From The Street was released by The Jam in 1977.

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Sounds from the street, sounds so sweet
What’s my name?
It hurts my brain to think
Sounds from the city, sound so pretty
Young bands playing
Young kids digging – And I dig them
The USA’s got the sea
Yeah, but the British kid’s got the streets I don’t mind, the city’s right
Sounds from the street, sounds just fine
I know I come from Woking and you say I’m a fraud
But my heart’s in the city, where it belongs
Words from the voices
Rock and roll rejoices
It’s something new, it’s something young for a change
Sounds from the street, they sound so sweet
They gotta take notice
Why should they stop us? We don’t need them
We’re never gonna change a thing
And the situation’s rapidly decreasing
But what can I do?
I’m trying to be true
That’s more than you, at least I’m doing something

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About Lyrics and Sounds From The Street by The Jam

The lyrics for Sounds From The Street are defined as the words making up the song released by The Jam in 1977. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Sounds From The Street have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Jam 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 Sounds From The Street by The Jam 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 Sounds From The Street" means the words set to the music of Sounds From The Street, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Jam. 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 Sounds From The Street and the lyrics to Sounds From The Street are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Jam who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sounds From The Street, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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