I entered the lyrics as they appear in the album notes. However, they aren't quite accurate: the line "They just don't mean a thing" is, in the actual recording: "They just don't mean a f***ing thing." Jeff Lynne (the writer and lead singer) has remarked that he's rather surprised that this lyric made it past the BBC censors.
I entered the lyrics as they appear in the album notes. However, they aren't quite accurate: the line "They just don't mean a thing" is, in the actual recording: "They just don't mean a f***ing thing." Jeff Lynne (the writer and lead singer) has remarked that he's rather surprised that this lyric made it past the BBC censors.