Lyrics to
Last Dance

This version of Last Dance was released by Donna Summer in 1978.

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Last dance
Last dance for love
Yes, it’s my last chance
For romance tonight
I I need you by me
Beside me, to guide me
To hold me, to scold me
‘Cause when I’m bad
I’m so, so bad

So let’s dance the last dance
Let’s dance the last dance
Let’s dance this last dance tonight

Last dance
Last dance for love
Yes, it’s my last chance
For romance tonight
Oh-ho, I need you by me
Beside me, to guide me
To hold me, to scold me
‘Cause when I’m bad
I’m so, so bad
So let’s dance the last dance
Let’s dance the last dance
Let’s dance the last dance tonight

Oh-ho, I need you by me
To guide me, to guide me
To hold me, to scold me
‘Cause when I’m bad
I’m so, so bad

So, come on baby, dance that dance
Come on baby, dance that dance
Come on baby, let’s dance tonight

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About Lyrics and Last Dance by Donna Summer

The lyrics for Last Dance are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1978 song by Donna Summer. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Last Dance have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Last Dance - Donna Summer and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Last Dance by Donna Summer in multiple 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 Last Dance" means the words set to the music of Last Dance, 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 Last Dance and the lyrics to Last Dance 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 Last Dance, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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