Lyrics to
Stay Clean

This version of Stay Clean was released by Motorhead in 1979.

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I can tell, seen before,
I know the way, I know the law,
Can’t believe, can’t obey,
Can’t agree with all the things I hear you say,
Oh no, don’t ask me why,
I can’t go on with all these filthy white lies, Stay Clean

Don’t you know, all the time,
You got yours and you know that I’ve got mine,
Grab a hold, don’t let go,
Don’t let them rob you of the only thing you know,
Oh no, no-one else,
Got the right to make you sorry for yourself, Stay Clean

So you see, the only proof,
Of what you are is in the way you see the truth,
Don’t be scared, live to win,
Although they’re always gonna tell you it’s a sin,
In the end, you’re on your own,
And there is no-one that can stop you being alone, Stay Clean.

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About Lyrics and Stay Clean by Motorhead

When you decide to study the lyrics to Stay Clean, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by Motorhead. Some of the lyrics to Stay Clean have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Motorhead and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Stay Clean 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 Stay Clean" means the words set to the music of Stay Clean, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Motorhead. 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 Stay Clean and the lyrics to Stay Clean are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Motorhead who came here looking just for the lyrics to Stay Clean, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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