Lyrics to
Life’s Been Good

This version of Life’S Been Good was released by Joe Walsh in 1978.

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I have a mansion, forget the price
Ain’t never been there, they tell me it’s nice
I live in hotels, tear out the walls
I have accountants pay for it all

They say I’m crazy but I have a good time
I’m just looking for clues at the scene of the crime
Life’s been good to me so far

My Maserati does one-eighty-five
I lost my license, now I don’t drive
I have a limo, ride in the back
I lock the doors in case I’m attacked

I make hit records, my fans they can’t wait
They write me letters, tell me I’m great
So I got me an office, gold records on the wall
Just leave a message, maybe I’ll call

Lucky I’m sane after all I’ve been through
(Everybody say I’m cool) (He’s cool)
I can’t complain but sometimes I still do
Life’s been good to me so far

I go to parties, sometimes until four
It’s hard to leave when you can’t find the door
It’s tough to handle this fortune and fame
Everybody’s so different, I haven’t changed

They say I’m lazy but it takes all my time
(Everybody say oh, yeah) (Oh, yeah)
I keep on going, guess I’ll never know why
Life’s been good to me so far
Yeah, yeah, yeah

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The lyrics for Life’S Been Good are defined as the words making up the song released by Joe Walsh in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Life’S Been Good have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Joe Walsh and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Life’S Been Good by Joe Walsh if you think through it. 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’S Been Good" means the words set to the music of Life’S Been Good, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Joe Walsh. 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’S Been Good and the lyrics to Life’S Been Good are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Joe Walsh who came here looking just for the lyrics to Life’S Been Good, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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