Lyrics to
X Wires

This version of X Wires was released by Xtc in 1978.

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It’s the airwaves of the world
Not the hairwaves on your head
Oh But anything can be
On land and in the sea
When you’ve got
Crosswires
When you’ve got Crosswires
Everything is Buzz Buzz
Everything is Beep Beep
Strange things happen everyday
It’s confusious the Chinese say
Brings a nation to its feet
It’s them people that you meet

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Xtc has released many songs over the years besides X Wires. Xtc released songs from 1978 to 1992 spanning across albums like White Music, Go 2, Drums And Wires, Black Sea, Mummer, The Big Express, Skylarking, Chips From The Chocolate Fireball, and Nonsuch. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Xtc.

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About Lyrics and X Wires by Xtc

The lyrics to X Wires are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Xtc in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to X Wires are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Xtc and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for X Wires back when it was created.

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

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