Lyrics to
Life Is Just A Passing Parade

This version of Life Is Just A Passing Parade was released by Santana in 1979.

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When I was a little boy
I was raised down south in Mexico
Nothing ever happened that was new to me
Then one day we saw circus posters on the wall
Suddenly, All my friends and I
We heard a sound
It was loud
Music all around us seemed to make us free

Life is just a passing paradise
Life is just a passing paradise

Everybody started dancing
I never saw so many people having so much fun

Now I’m living in this country
And I’ve got myself a steady job
I keep seeing people happy everywhere
All I get to do is play my guitar

Come on! Everybody get together, have some fun
Come on! Everybody get together, have some fun

Life is just a passing paradise
Life is just a passing paradise

Everybody started dancing
I never saw so many people having so much fun

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About Lyrics and Life Is Just A Passing Parade by Santana

The lyrics to Life Is Just A Passing Parade are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Santana used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Life Is Just A Passing Parade have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Santana 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 Just A Passing Parade by Santana. 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 Just A Passing Parade" means the words set to the music of Life Is Just A Passing Parade, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Santana. 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 Just A Passing Parade and the lyrics to Life Is Just A Passing Parade are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Santana who came here looking just for the lyrics to Life Is Just A Passing Parade, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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