Lyrics to
The Jealous Kind

This version of The Jealous Kind was released by Joe Cocker in 1976.

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Girl, don’t be angry if I seem rude
Each time we meet
A boy that you once knew
just to be so close to you

It’s just that I’m so afraid
Someone might steal you away, I’d lose my mind
So please forgive me for the way I act sometimes
I’m the jealous kind

If you only knew where I lived
And didn’t mind
can’t you see
That I’m losing my mind

I want you all to myself
I don’t want you shackin’ with nobody else
I can’t help it if it’s the way I act sometimes
Because I’m the jealous kind

You know I love you girl

Just one more thing now,If you only knew
How much it hurts me just to hear you say
How, when we first met
I can’t think that those were the good old days

Why must you hurt me so
I can’t stand it no more, I’m tryin’
So please, I can’t control these tears in my eyes
Lord I’m the jealous kind

I love you baby
You know you’ve got me baby

You know I’m the jealous kind

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About Lyrics and The Jealous Kind by Joe Cocker

The lyrics to The Jealous Kind are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Joe Cocker used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to The Jealous Kind have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Joe Cocker 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 Jealous Kind by Joe Cocker. 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 Jealous Kind" means the words set to the music of The Jealous Kind, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Joe Cocker. 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 Jealous Kind and the lyrics to The Jealous Kind are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Joe Cocker who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Jealous Kind, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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