Lyrics to
Time Out

This version of Time Out was released by Joe Walsh in 1974.

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Goin’ through the motions
Tryin’ not to snore
Didn’t know the gun was loaded
Goin’ through my motion

Caught without an oar
Someone said they all were phony

Time out, save the play
Try to make the lie last
Any old way we can
Signed out all the way
When you speak your mind out
Never say what you plan

I met her in the hallway
Bangin’ on the door
Askin’ what the funny smell was
Wake you up and tell you
It’s OK to sleep some more
By the way, is there any you can sell us?

Time out, save the play
Trying to make the lie last
Any old way we can
Signed out all the way
When you speak your mind out
Never say what you plan

So the case is gettin’ hotter
Hear me tell you, Jack
Stick ’em up, you’ve just been busted
Your basement’s full of water
Got above the tide
Hope to God the pump ain’t rusted

Time out, save the play
Trying to make the lie last
Any old way we can
Signed out all the way
When you speak your mind out
Never say what you plan

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About Lyrics and Time Out by Joe Walsh

When you decide to study the lyrics to Time Out, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1974 song by Joe Walsh. Some of the lyrics to Time Out have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Joe Walsh and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Time Out if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Time Out" means the words set to the music of Time Out, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Joe Walsh. 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 Time Out and the lyrics to Time Out are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Joe Walsh who came here looking just for the lyrics to Time Out, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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