Lyrics to
Who Needs Ya?

Released by Steppenwolf in 1970
From the Album: 7 |

This version of Who Needs Ya? was released by Steppenwolf in 1970.

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Well, it’s sunrise on the freeway as I get back from town
Find you standin’ in my boots, kicking my dog around
Empty bottles on the floor
Enough to build a monument
Then you’ve got the nerve to tell me
Somebody took the rent

Who needs ya’? Think about it baby, who needs you?
Now you can save your lip, just pack your grip
And leave a trail of smoke behind you
Who needs ya’? Can you tell me baby, who needs you?
Who needs you? Think about it baby
Well, who needs you? Can you tell me please?

Last week you pulled another of your tricks
You let your brother move in here with a herd of freaks
They ate us out of house and home
Turned this place into a sty
Darlin’ by tomorrow you’ll be eatin’ humble pie

Repeat Chorus


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About Lyrics and Who Needs Ya? by Steppenwolf

The lyrics to Who Needs Ya? are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Steppenwolf used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to Who Needs Ya? have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Steppenwolf 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 Who Needs Ya? by Steppenwolf. 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 Who Needs Ya?" means the words set to the music of Who Needs Ya?, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Steppenwolf. 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 Who Needs Ya? and the lyrics to Who Needs Ya? are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Steppenwolf who came here looking just for the lyrics to Who Needs Ya?, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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