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Thick As Thieves

This version of Thick As Thieves was released by The Jam in 1979.

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Times were so tough, but not as tough as they are now
We were so close and nothing came between us and the world
No personal situations

Thick as thieves us, we’d stick together for all time
And we meant it but it turns out just for a while
We stole the friendship that bound us together

We stole from the schools and their libraries
We stole from the drugs that sent us to sleep
We stole from the drink that made us sick
We stole anything that we couldn’t keep
And it was enough, we didn’t have to spoil anything
And always be as thick as thieves

Like a perfect stranger, you came into my life
Then like the perfect lone ranger
You rode away, rode away, rode away, rode away

We stole the love from young girls in ivory towers
We stole autumn leaves and summer showers
We stole the silent wind that says you are free
We stole everything that we could see
But it wasn’t enough – and now we’ve gone and spoiled everything
Now we’re no longer as thick as thieves

You came into my life
Then like a perfect stranger
You walked away, walked away, walked away, walked away

Thick as thieves us, we’d stick together for all time
And we meant it but it turns out just for a while
We stole the friendship that bound us together

We stole the burning sun in the open sky
We stole the twinkling stars in the black night
We stole the green belt fields that made us believe
We stole everything that we could see

But something came along that changed our minds
I don’t know what and I don’t know why
But we seemed to grow up in a flash of time
While we watched our ideals helplessly unwind

No, we’re no longer as thick as thieves – no
We’re not as thick as we used to be, no
We’re no longer as thick as thieves, no
We’re not as thick as we used to be

No it wasn’t enough
And we’ve gone and spoiled everything
Now we’re no longer as thick as thieves

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About Lyrics and Thick As Thieves by The Jam

The lyrics for Thick As Thieves are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by The Jam. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Thick As Thieves 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 Thick As Thieves - 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 Thick As Thieves 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 Thick As Thieves" means the words set to the music of Thick As Thieves, 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 Thick As Thieves and the lyrics to Thick As Thieves 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 Thick As Thieves, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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