Lyrics to
Life Is A Dance

This version of Life Is A Dance was released by Chaka Khan in 1978.

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Life is a dance, life is a dance
Life is a dance, life is a dance

Everywhere coast to coast
Around the land
We all have one thing in common
We all love to dance
In and out of discos, crazy lights
Keep on movin’ all through the night

Why don’t you listen
Listen to the groove
I am sure enough sure you’ll find
Just the rhythm, the rhythm of your soul
Dance to the music keepin’ steady time

Dance to the music, crazy lights
Dance to the music on crazy lights
Dance to the music, crazy lights
Dance

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About Lyrics and Life Is A Dance by Chaka Khan

The lyrics to Life Is A Dance are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Chaka Khan used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to Life Is A Dance have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Chaka Khan 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 Life Is A Dance by Chaka Khan. 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 Life Is A Dance" means the words set to the music of Life Is A Dance, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Chaka Khan. 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 Life Is A Dance and the lyrics to Life Is A Dance are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Chaka Khan who came here looking just for the lyrics to Life Is A Dance, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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