Lyrics to
The Place I Love

This version of The Place I Love was released by The Jam in 1978.

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The place I love is a million miles away,
it’s too far for the eye to see
Still it’s me at least, and you can’t come there
No one is allowed at all
Only animals that love, will always, only, ever could be
Still it’s always at the back of my mind.
The place I love is overgrown now
With beautiful moss and colourful flowers
And goldfish that swim in a pool, there’s a small brick wall

With neon lighting controlled by lightning
I’m making a stand against the world
There’s those who would hurt us if they heard.
And its always in the back of my mind

The place I love is no where near here,
Not within a yard of those trendy do’s,
Where dogsbodies pick you up, and graciously give you a lift,

With cherished thoughts and bitterness.
I’m making a stand against the world,
There’s those who would hurt us if they heard
And it’s always in the back of my mind

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About Lyrics and The Place I Love by The Jam

The lyrics for The Place I Love are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1978 song by The Jam. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to The Place I Love 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 Place I Love - The Jam 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 Place I Love by The Jam 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 Place I Love" means the words set to the music of The Place I Love, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Jam. 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 Place I Love and the lyrics to The Place I Love are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Jam who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Place I Love, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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