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The Ballad Of TV Violence

This version of The Ballad Of Tv Violence was released by Cheap Trick in 1977.

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I needed a girl to give me some love
I need some love, gimme your love
Gimme your love

I need a knife to give me a wife
I need a knife, gimme your life
Gimme your life

I need a gun to have me some fun
I need a gun, (gimme your love
Gimme your love)

I need some rope, it’s my only hope
(after twenty or so) i just don’t know

I was a lonely boy
I was a lonely boy
I’m not the only boy
I was a lonely boy
I was a lonely boy
I’m not the only boy

I need some rope, it’s my only hope
And why you fight it so i just don’t know

I was the lonely boy
I was the lonely boy
I’m not the only boy

I’m not the only boy, no
No no no

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The lyrics to The Ballad Of Tv Violence are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Cheap Trick used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to The Ballad Of Tv Violence have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Cheap Trick 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 The Ballad Of Tv Violence by Cheap Trick. 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 The Ballad Of Tv Violence" means the words set to the music of The Ballad Of Tv Violence, 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 The Ballad Of Tv Violence and the lyrics to The Ballad Of Tv Violence 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 The Ballad Of Tv Violence, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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