Lyrics to
Super-Tuff

This version of Super-Tuff was released by Xtc in 1978.

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In the car park
In the lamplight
Go for a walk
Clock him shiv-fight
Sodium-a-shine on
All the faces white now
And he got his Docs on
Bottle out all right now

As you might say
Him super-tuff

In the corner
In the cold rain
Sting like iodine
In my brain
Fist you til you fall down
Hit him back make him mad
Really hard. Really fast
Have you ever been had?
(‘Cos he’s having you now)

Super-tuff
But also tender

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About Lyrics and Super-Tuff by Xtc

The lyrics for Super-Tuff are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1978 song by Xtc. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Super-Tuff 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 Super-Tuff - Xtc 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 Super-Tuff by Xtc 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 Super-Tuff" means the words set to the music of Super-Tuff, 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 Super-Tuff and the lyrics to Super-Tuff 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 Super-Tuff, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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