Lyrics to
You’re Too Possessive

This version of You’Re Too Possessive was released by The Runaways in 1977.

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Let me out of your iron grip
I don’t want your lover’s tips
I don’t need your interrogations
Don’t ask me ’bout my other relations

You’re too possessive for me
So leave me alone
Get off my back, go on home
You’re too possessive for me
So get out of my life
Get off my back, I ain’t your wife

I come in late an’ you throw a fit
You sit me down and give me some lip
Well I don’t have to waste my time
A wimp like you ain’t worth a dime

You’re too possessive for me
So leave me alone
Get off my back, go on home
You’re too possessive for me
So get out of my life
Get off my back, I ain’t your wife
No way, baby

Go away an’ don’t come back
I don’t want my mirror cracked
Go and find somebody new
Got no time to mess with you

You’re too possessive for me
So leave me alone
Get off my back, go on home
You’re too possessive for me
So get out of my life
Get off my back, I ain’t your wife
No way, baby

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Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to You’Re Too Possessive by The Runaways if you think through it. 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’Re Too Possessive" means the words set to the music of You’Re Too Possessive, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Runaways. 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’Re Too Possessive and the lyrics to You’Re Too Possessive are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Runaways who came here looking just for the lyrics to You’Re Too Possessive, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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