Lyrics to
If It’s Magic

This version of If It’S Magic was released by Stevie Wonder in 1976.

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If it’s magic…
Then why can’t it be everlasting
Like the sun that always shines
Like the poets in this rhyme
Like the galaxies in time

If it’s pleasing…
Then why can’t it be never leaving
Like the day that never fails
Like on seashores there are shells
Like the time that always tells

It holds the key to every heart
Throughout the universe
It fills you up without a bite
And quenches every thirst

So…
If it’s special
Then with it why aren’t we as careful
As making sure we dress in style
Posing pictures with a smile
Keeping danger from a child

It holds the key to every heart
Throughout the universe
It fills you up without a bite
And quenches every thirst

So…
If it’s magic…
Why can’t we make it everlasting
Like the lifetime of the sun
It will leave no heart undone
For there’s enough for everyone

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About Lyrics and If It’S Magic by Stevie Wonder

The lyrics to If It’S Magic are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Stevie Wonder in 1976. Elements of the lyrics to If It’S Magic are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Stevie Wonder and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for If It’S Magic back when it was created.

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

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