Lyrics to
Wicked World

This version of Wicked World was released by Black Sabbath in 1970.

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The world today is such a wicked thing
Fighting going on between the human race
People give good wishes to all their friends
While people just across the sea are counting the dead

A politician’s job they say is very high
For he has to choose who’s got to go and die
They can put a man on the moon quite easy
while people here on earth are dying of old diseases

A woman goes to work every day after day
She just goes to work just to earn her pay
Child sitting crying by a life that’s harder
he doesn’t even know who is his father

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About Lyrics and Wicked World by Black Sabbath

The lyrics to Wicked World are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Black Sabbath in 1970. Elements of the lyrics to Wicked World are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Black Sabbath and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Wicked World back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Wicked World by Black Sabbath in a number of 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 Wicked World" means the words set to the music of Wicked World, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Black Sabbath. 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 Wicked World and the lyrics to Wicked World are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Black Sabbath who came here looking just for the lyrics to Wicked World, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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