Lyrics to
Thunk

This version of Thunk was released by Jefferson Airplane in 1971.

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Sittin’ around thinkin’
thinkin’ and a thinkin’
and it ain’t doin’ me no good

well I thunk and I thunk
couldn’t think of anything better
I tried and I tried
tryin’ ain’t doin’ me no good
I write choo everyday, what could be
my very last letter
come what may I say

thinkin’ ain’t doin’ me no good
thinkin’ ain’t doin’ me no good people
thinkin’ ain’t doin’ me no good, no good

I want to know, if everything that’s sung
will remain
within the structure of a person
whose mind I wish to claim
please don’t say that wantin’ you
won’t do me no good
please oh please don’t say
wantin’ you won’t
wantin’ you won’t do me no good
wantin’ you won’t do me no good woman
wantin’ you won’t do me no good, no good

well I thunk thunk thunk thunk
a lot about it
realized my thunk is nuthin’
but a lot of funk
bunk down on in my place
only a dream (hum)
only a dream (hum)
only a dream (hum)

thinkin’ ain’t doin’ me no good no
thinkin’ ain’t doin’ me no good no people
thinkin’ ain’t doin’ me no good no good

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About Lyrics and Thunk by Jefferson Airplane

The lyrics for Thunk are defined as the words making up the song released by Jefferson Airplane in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Thunk have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Jefferson Airplane and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Thunk by Jefferson Airplane if you think through it. 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 Thunk" means the words set to the music of Thunk, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Jefferson Airplane. 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 Thunk and the lyrics to Thunk are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Jefferson Airplane who came here looking just for the lyrics to Thunk, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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