Lyrics to
Give It Half A Chance

This version of Give It Half A Chance was released by Kenny Loggins in 1979.

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I wake up
In the middle of a dream
To an unfamiliar scene
Wonder what I fell into

Who knows why
People look for alibies
In a passing stranger’s eyes
What am I supposed to do

So tonight
Tell her that you love her tonight
The only way to know is to try
tonight
Give it half a chance

And the glow
From the bathroom down the hall
Lights a mirror on a wall
Where a stranger stares at me.
“Hello, stranger,
Where you been?
Do you still remember when?
Well, every heartache has an end
‘N maybe yours is on the way”

One by one
Let the nights go on
And you won’t need yesterday
Beside you

See yourself in love again
And believe in the arms you’re in
Tonight.

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About Lyrics and Give It Half A Chance by Kenny Loggins

The lyrics to Give It Half A Chance are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Kenny Loggins used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Give It Half A Chance have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Kenny Loggins and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Give It Half A Chance by Kenny Loggins. 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 Give It Half A Chance" means the words set to the music of Give It Half A Chance, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Kenny Loggins. 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 Give It Half A Chance and the lyrics to Give It Half A Chance are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Kenny Loggins who came here looking just for the lyrics to Give It Half A Chance, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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