Lyrics to
You Don’t Own Me

This version of You Don’T Own Me was released by Status Quo in 1977.

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You don’t own me, don’t hang around
You don’t own me no more
Oh, you don’t own me, don’t hang around honey
You don’t own me no more

You made your bed an now you’re trying to hide it
You made a bed of nails
Although you pinned me down I never tried to fight it
You had me on the rails
And now your snakeskin colours are flying
You’re trying to hide your poison disguise
So wipe the crocodile tears that are falling
They only make me realise

You don’t own me, don’t hang around
You don’t own me no more
Oh, you don’t own me, don’t hang around honey
You don’t own me no more

I can read the lines, the lines your face is showing
They say your time has come
And every single line your evil heart is scheming
Ain’t gonna fool no-one
I’m gonna turn my back on the wild side
And take my rainfall way to the sun
Across the plains of a new horizon
Don’t say goodbye, I’m already gone
And in the dreams of your fantasy love world (?)
You tore the hole right out of your life
And got a one-way ticket to nowhere
And now at last I realise

You don’t own me, don’t hang around
You don’t own me no more
Oh, you don’t own me, don’t hang around honey
You don’t own me no more
You don’t own me, don’t hang around
You don’t own me no more
Oh, you don’t own me, don’t hang around honey
You don’t own me no more
Oh, you don’t own me, don’t hang around
You don’t own me no more
Oh, you don’t own me, don’t hang around honey
You don’t own me no more
Oh, you don’t own me no more….

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Status Quo has released many songs over the years besides You Don’T Own Me. Status Quo released songs from 1968 to 2007 spanning across albums like Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo, Spare Parts, Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon, Dog Of Two Head, Piledriver, Hello!, Quo, On The Level, Blue For You, Rockin' All Over The World, If You Can't Stand The Heat, Whatever You Want, Just Supposin', Never Too Late, 1+9+8+2, Back To Back, In The Army Now, Ain't Complaining, Perfect Remedy, Rock 'Til You Drop, Thirsty Work, Don't Stop, Under The Influence, Famous In The Last Century, Heavy Traffic, The Party Ain't Over Yet, and In Search Of The Fourth Chord. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Status Quo.

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About Lyrics and You Don’T Own Me by Status Quo

The lyrics for You Don’T Own Me are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by Status Quo. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to You Don’T Own Me have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for You Don’T Own Me - Status Quo and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to You Don’T Own Me by Status Quo in multiple 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 You Don’T Own Me" means the words set to the music of You Don’T Own Me, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Status Quo. 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 You Don’T Own Me and the lyrics to You Don’T Own Me are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Status Quo who came here looking just for the lyrics to You Don’T Own Me, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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