Lyrics to
Hijinx

This version of Hijinx was released by Heart in 1978.

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I just found out
It’s been too long now
The word is out
Time before didn’t they take us hook and punker?
Their “jive alive” lines
They were funk
They were hijinx, hijinx, hijinx tonight
We all know better but we just might

Pullin’ this off it’s gonna take some
Big time schemin’
A fast tap dance, our feet’ll be steamin’
Hijinx, hijinx, hijinx, alright
Hi, hi, hijinx, yeah, yeah

You never know, behind the lines
Who’s gonna show
Scandal high’s been buzzin’ through the mayhem
Tonight the word, we heard is
It might be them.
They were hijinx, hijinx, hijinx tonight
They all know better, but we just might

Pullin this off, it’s gonna take some
Big time schemin’
A fast tap dance, our feet’ll be steamin’

Hijinx, hijinx, hijinx, alright
Hi, hi, hijinx yeah, yeah
Who’s who?
Who’s who?
Hi, hi, hijinx, yeah, yeah, yeah
Who’s who?
Who’s who?

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Heart has released many songs over the years besides Hijinx. Heart released songs from 1976 to 2004 spanning across albums like Dreamboat Annie, Little Queen, Dog And Butterfly, Magazine, Bebe Le Strange, Private Audition, Passionworks, Heart, Bad Animals, Brigade, Desire Walks On, and Jupiter's Darling. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Heart.

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About Lyrics and Hijinx by Heart

The lyrics to Hijinx are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Heart in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to Hijinx are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Heart and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Hijinx back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Hijinx by Heart in a number of 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 Hijinx" means the words set to the music of Hijinx, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Heart. 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 Hijinx and the lyrics to Hijinx are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Heart who came here looking just for the lyrics to Hijinx, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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