Lyrics to
Teddy Boy

This version of Teddy Boy was released by Paul Mccartney in 1970.

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This is the story of a boy named ted,
If his mother said, “ted, be good.”
He would.

She told him tales about his soldier dad,
But it made her sad, then she’d cry.
Oh my.

Ted used to tell her he’d be twice as good,
And he knew he could, ’cause in his head,
He said:

“mommy don’t worry, now teddy boy’s here,
Taking good care of you.
Mommy don’t worry, your teddy boy’s here,
Teddy’s gonna see you through.”

Then came the day she found herself a man,
Teddy turned and ran, far away,
Ok

He couldn’t stand to see his mother in love
With another man, he didn’t know.
Oh no.

He found a place where he could settle down
And from time to time, in his head,
He said:

“mommy don’t worry, now teddy boy’s here,
Taking good care of you.
Mommy don’t worry, your teddy boy’s here,
Teddy’s gonna see you through.”

She said:

“teddy don’t worry, now mummy is here,
Taking good care of you.
Teddy don’t worry, your mummy is here,
Mummy’s gonna see you through.”

Ooh –
Ah -ooh

This is the story of a boy named ted,
If his mother said, “ted, be good.”
He would.

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About Lyrics and Teddy Boy by Paul Mccartney

The lyrics to Teddy Boy are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Paul Mccartney used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to Teddy Boy have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Paul Mccartney 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 Teddy Boy by Paul Mccartney. 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 Teddy Boy" means the words set to the music of Teddy Boy, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Paul Mccartney. 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 Teddy Boy and the lyrics to Teddy Boy are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Paul Mccartney who came here looking just for the lyrics to Teddy Boy, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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