Lyrics to
Spinning Top

This version of Spinning Top was released by Xtc in 1978.

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I’m like a spinning top
Going round and around
Well I don’t know what’s up
And I sure don’t know what’s down
Now watch me – I’m like a spinning top
Can’t tell day from night
Well I don’t know what’s wrong
And I sure don’t know what’s right
Now watch me

It started when I heard your song of love
Pouring down like honey from above
I started to spin
I started to move
Just like a needle
That’s sticking in the same old groove

I’m like a spinning top

I like it so much I’m never going to stop

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Xtc has released many songs over the years besides Spinning Top. Xtc released songs from 1978 to 1992 spanning across albums like White Music, Go 2, Drums And Wires, Black Sea, Mummer, The Big Express, Skylarking, Chips From The Chocolate Fireball, and Nonsuch. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Xtc.

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About Lyrics and Spinning Top by Xtc

The lyrics to Spinning Top are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Xtc in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to Spinning Top are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Xtc and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Spinning Top back when it was created.

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

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