Lyrics to
The Hang-Out Gang

This version of The Hang-Out Gang was released by Jimmy Buffett in 1971.

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The tour bus passed here yesterday
Exciting all the fools who pay
To see the naked lady in our yard

The hang out gang is back in town
Rumor has it going ’round they brought back
Four new groupies and a St. Bernard

We’re peaceful and abiding cats
Some call gypsies some call brats
But bare feet don’t tear streets up like their bus

All we were doin’ was hangin’ and little Koochie was sangin’
Mama I’m guilty of hangin’ out
I know it’s a shabby old building but after all ain’t we God’s children
And Lord it’s a good place for hangin’ out

The fast approachin’ local heat was poundin’ out the southeast beat
When they came upon Koochie in our yard
She smiled “Sir, I meant no harm just a little suntan on my arm
They wound up takin’ in our St. Bernard
(He didn’t tag you’all)

All we were doin’ was hangin’ and little Koochie was sangin’
Mama I’m guilty of hangin’ out
I know it’s a shabby old building but after all ain’t we gods children
And Lord it’s a good place for hangin’ out

Now you hang with me and I’ll hang with you and we’ll hang out
‘Til we both turn blue
Mama I’m guilty of hangin’ out

All we were doin’ was hangin’ and little Koochie was sangin’
Mama I’m guilty of hangin’ out
I know it’s a shabby old building but after all ain’t we gods children
And Lord it’s a good place for hangin’ out

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About Lyrics and The Hang-Out Gang by Jimmy Buffett

The lyrics for The Hang-Out Gang are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1971 song by Jimmy Buffett. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to The Hang-Out Gang 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 The Hang-Out Gang - Jimmy Buffett 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 The Hang-Out Gang by Jimmy Buffett 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 The Hang-Out Gang" means the words set to the music of The Hang-Out Gang, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Jimmy Buffett. 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 Hang-Out Gang and the lyrics to The Hang-Out Gang are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Jimmy Buffett who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Hang-Out Gang, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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