Lyrics to
Take It Or Leave It

This version of Take It Or Leave It was released by The Runaways in 1977.

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You know that I’m not an angel
I told you when you walked in the door
You know that you make me happy
Better than the time before

Take it or leave it
Do whatever you want
Take it or leave it
Do whatever you want to me

You know that you’re just a playmate
What are you trying to gain
Lead me into the darkness
To Play our little nightime games

Take it or leave it
Do whatever you want
Take it or leave it
Do whatever you want to me

You say you wanna be with me
I see it in you
It’s only a one night stand
And then we’re through

You know that it makes me sad
To see how you feel for me
I gotta start movin’ on
Someone else is waitin’ for me

Take it or leave it
Do whatever you want
Take it or leave it
Do whatever you want to me

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About Lyrics and Take It Or Leave It by The Runaways

The lyrics to Take It Or Leave It are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that The Runaways used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to Take It Or Leave It have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only The Runaways and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Take It Or Leave It by The Runaways. 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 Take It Or Leave It" means the words set to the music of Take It Or Leave It, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Runaways. 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 Take It Or Leave It and the lyrics to Take It Or Leave It are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Runaways who came here looking just for the lyrics to Take It Or Leave It, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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