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That’s What You Get (For Being Polite)

This version of That’S What You Get (For Being Polite) was released by The Jacksons in 1978.

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Jack still cries day and night
Jack’s not happy with his life
He wants to do this
He wants to that
You want to be kind but ends up flat for love
For love

He tries so hard to give a lot
He wants to be what he is not
But love’s not harsh and love’s not bad
So what’s he doing for love is so sad
He wants to be so bad
He wants to be so bad
All the time getting in
Things he can’t get out
Something deep inside of him
Eatin’ up the pride of him
That makes him buy things for the girls
That’s what you get for being polite
For being polite

Jack still sits all alone
He lives the world that is his own
He’s lost in thought of who to be
I wish to god that he would see just love
Give him love

(Jack still) tryin’ to make you happy but
(Jack still) tryin’ to make you happy but
(Jack still) tryin’to make you happy but it’s love, but it’s love
(Jack still) tryin’ to make you, but don’t you know he cries
(Jack still) don’t you know he’s scared
(Jack still) it’s often for his love
It’s for his love
Don’t you know he often cries about you
He cries about me
He cries about you (you) and me (and me)
And every little thing that’s in his way
He cries about me
He cries about you (you) and me (and me)
He knows he deserves to cry

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You can understand the lyrics to That’S What You Get (For Being Polite) if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 That’S What You Get (For Being Polite)" means the words set to the music of That’S What You Get (For Being Polite), or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Jacksons. 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 That’S What You Get (For Being Polite) and the lyrics to That’S What You Get (For Being Polite) are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Jacksons who came here looking just for the lyrics to That’S What You Get (For Being Polite), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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