Lyrics to
Lady Luck

This version of Lady Luck was released by Journey in 1979.

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Roll the dice, roll them twice.
My, my can you spare a dime?
Ooh, snake eyes, the lady flies.
My, my, my
She’s so hard to find.

Ooh, lady luck, yeah, lady luck.
Ooh, my lady luck, oh, my lady luck.

Now what went wrong?
I’ve been here too long.
Can you spare a dime?
Luck’s disguised
In her eyes.
Oh, my lady’s so hard to find.

Ooh, lady luck, yeah, lady luck.
Ooh, my lady luck, oh, my lady luck.
Lady. She’s gone. The lady, she’s gone.
Oh my lady,
Oh my lady,
Oo, oo, oo, oo, oo
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
My lady, luck.

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About Lyrics and Lady Luck by Journey

The lyrics to Lady Luck are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Journey in 1979. Elements of the lyrics to Lady Luck are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Journey and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Lady Luck back when it was created.

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

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