Lyrics to
Domino

This version of Domino was released by Donna Summer in 1974.

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Late last night at a fancy dress ball
I was dancing with all the queens and lords
When a tall and mystic man took me by the hand
And began dancing my eyes away

Domino, domino, domino
Who’s the man behind the mask I’d like to know
Who’s this masquerading lover
I wish I could discover
Domino, domino, domino

I was feeling so dizzy and lame
Was it champagne or really him to blame
Though our faces were disguised
Feelings couldn’t hide
That this wasn’t just some kind of game

Domino, domino, domino
Who’s the man behind the mask I’d like to know
Who’s this masquerading lover
I wish I could discover
Domino, domino, domino

Domino who are you
Domino I’d like to know
Domino who’s the real domino
Though we’re strangers still
It’s real love I feel domino

Then at midnight the bells were all rung
And he kisses me and held me in his arms
Then a crowd would ride between us
Trapped away my stranger
And I never did find him again

Domino, domino, domino
Who’s this man behind the mask I’d like to know
Who’s this masquerading lover
I wish I could discover
Domino, domino, domino

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Donna Summer has released many songs over the years besides Domino. Donna Summer released songs from 1974 to 1996 spanning across albums like Lady Of The Night, Love To Love You Baby, Four Seasons Of Love, A Love Trilogy, Once Upon A Time, I Remember Yesterday, Live And More, Bad Girls, The Wanderer, Donna Summer, She Works Hard For The Money, Cats Without Claws, All Systems Go, Another Place And Time, Mistaken Identity, Christmas Spirit, and I'm A Rainbow. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Donna Summer.

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About Lyrics and Domino by Donna Summer

When you decide to study the lyrics to Domino, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1974 song by Donna Summer. Some of the lyrics to Domino have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Donna Summer and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Domino if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Domino" means the words set to the music of Domino, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Donna Summer. 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 Domino and the lyrics to Domino are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Donna Summer who came here looking just for the lyrics to Domino, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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