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Taxman, Mr. Thief

This version of Taxman, Mr. Thief was released by Cheap Trick in 1977.

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You work hard, you make money
There ain’t no on in the world who can stop you
You work hard, you went hungry
Now the taxman is out to get you
You worked hard
And slaved and slaved for years
Break your back sweat a lot
Well, it’s just not fair
He hates you, he loves money
And he’ll steal your s**t and think that it’s funny
Like the beatles he ain’t human
Now the taxman is out to get you
You worked hard
And slaved and slaved for years
You played
And you played and played for years
Taxman, mr. heath (he’s a thief)
He’s looking for run-in, yeah
Taxman, mr. heath (he’s a thief)
He’s looking for run-in, yeah
You work hard, you make money
There ain’t no on in the world who can stop you
You work hard, you went hungry
Now the taxman is out to get you
You worked hard
And slaved and slaved for years
Break your back sweat a lot
Well, it’s just not fair
Taxman, mr. heath (he’s a thief)
He’s looking for run-in, yeah
Taxman, mr. heath (he’s a thief)
He’s looking for run-in, yeah

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About Lyrics and Taxman, Mr. Thief by Cheap Trick

The lyrics for Taxman, Mr. Thief are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by Cheap Trick. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Taxman, Mr. Thief 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 Taxman, Mr. Thief - Cheap Trick 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 Taxman, Mr. Thief by Cheap Trick 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 Taxman, Mr. Thief" means the words set to the music of Taxman, Mr. Thief, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Cheap Trick. 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 Taxman, Mr. Thief and the lyrics to Taxman, Mr. Thief are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Cheap Trick who came here looking just for the lyrics to Taxman, Mr. Thief, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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