Lyrics to
Life’s Like Poetry

This version of Life’S Like Poetry was released by Dolly Parton in 1976.

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Life’s like poetry and in my poem bay
Until now there’s always been a missing line
You know life’s too short to hide a good thing you feel
And I find the morning after
Is the best time to determine if it’s real
Baby, finding you gave my whole world reason to rhyme
Cause life’s like poetry and in my poem bay
Until now there’s always been a missing line
Life’s too short to think about right or wrong
And the only thing I wonder ’bout
Is where you been so long
Cause baby finding you gave my whole world reason and rhyme
And life’s like poetry and in my poem bay
Until now there’s always been a missing line
Until now, there’s always been a missing line

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About Lyrics and Life’S Like Poetry by Dolly Parton

When you decide to study the lyrics to Life’S Like Poetry, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1976 song by Dolly Parton. Some of the lyrics to Life’S Like Poetry have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Dolly Parton and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Life’S Like Poetry if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Like Poetry" means the words set to the music of Life’S Like Poetry, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Dolly Parton. 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 Like Poetry and the lyrics to Life’S Like Poetry are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Dolly Parton who came here looking just for the lyrics to Life’S Like Poetry, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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