Lyrics to
Steel And Glass

This version of Steel And Glass was released by John Lennon in 1974.

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(This is a story about your friend and mine
Who is it, who is it, who is it?)

There you stand with your L.A. tan
And your New York walk and your New York talk
You’re mother left you when you were small
But you’re gonna wish you wasn’t born at all

Steel and glass
Steel and glass
Steel and glass
Steel and glass

Your phone don’t ring no one answers your call
How does it feel to be off the wall

Well your mouthpiece squawks as he spreads your lies
But you can’t pull strings if your hands are tied
Well your teeth are clean but your mind is capped
You leave your smell like an alley cat

Steel and glass
Steel and glass
Steel and glass
Steel and glass

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About Lyrics and Steel And Glass by John Lennon

The lyrics for Steel And Glass are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1974 song by John Lennon. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Steel And Glass have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Steel And Glass - John Lennon and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Steel And Glass by John Lennon in multiple 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 Steel And Glass" means the words set to the music of Steel And Glass, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by John Lennon. 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 Steel And Glass and the lyrics to Steel And Glass are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of John Lennon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Steel And Glass, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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