Lyrics to
Takeover

This version of Takeover was released by The Runaways in 1978.

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I think the Russian’s got a weather machine
I think they’re planning a takeover scheme
Doin’ a good job on our countryside
They want to be our friends, but it’s an obvious lie

They buried New York and they drowned L.A.
Sometimes I wonder if I’ll see the next day
I know the Russian’s are behind this shit
No ones goin’ to know it until it’s too late

Takeover they’re taking over
How long till they get everyone
Takeover they’re taking over
How can we be so dumb

They asked us for our help to rip China down
They want to rule every city want to rule every town
I can’t stand the thought of what might happen to us
I get so confused I don’t know who I can trust

Takeover they’re taking over
How long till they get everyone
Takeover they’re taking over
How can we be so dumb

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The Runaways has released many songs over the years besides Takeover. The Runaways released songs from 1976 to 1980 spanning across albums like The Runaways, Live In Japan, Queens Of Noise, Waitin' For The Night, And Now The Runaways, and Flaming Schoolgirls. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by The Runaways.

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

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