Lyrics to
Life Is What It Is

This version of Life Is What It Is was released by Chicago in 1979.

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Why do we have to go and face the same routine
And the traffic jams and crowded street’s a real
Neurotic scene
I don’t know, why do we take it each day, yeah
Why does my girl tell me she’s got to
Have her way
Out all night, come home to fight
What am I to say
I don’t know, why do we take it each day
Life is what it is
Who wants to try not to believe
That’s the way it is
Oh, oh
I don’t know why what you feel inside
Days go on
Love is something that you just can’t hide
If it’s wrong
Then you’ll want to know, you don’t know why
I sing a song
And it helps me yet I’ll get by
At times
Lost in time sometimes your mind unwinds
Sun does shine
But no pleasure from your beauty’s mine
Like champagne wine
A bitter taste that’s so refined
Life it’s fine
You always pay for what’s behind
Why do I have to go and face the same routine
And the traffic jams and crowded street’s a real
Neurotic scene
I don’t know, why do we take it each day, yeah
Life is what it is
Who wants to try not to believe
That’s the way it is

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Chicago has released many songs over the years besides Life Is What It Is. Chicago released songs from 1969 to 2006 spanning across albums like The Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago (Chicago II), Chicago III, Chicago V, Chicago VI, Chicago VII, Chicago VIII, Chicago X, Chicago XI, Hot Streets, Chicago 13, Chicago XIV, Chicago 16, Chicago 17, Chicago 18, Chicago 19, Twenty 1, Night & Day: Big Band, Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album, and Chicago XXX. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Chicago.

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About Lyrics and Life Is What It Is by Chicago

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

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

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