Lyrics to
Night Life

This version of Night Life was released by Thin Lizzy in 1974.

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They say that the night life
They say it ain’t no good life
But it’s my life

I’ve been a gambler
I’ve been a thief
And most of my good friends
They don’t hold with my belief

They say that the night life
They say it ain’t no good life
Oh but buy you know that it’s my life

And if you’ve had troubles
If you’ve felt them woes
I don’t have to tell you
How this whole world is so low

Hey now baby
It can drive you crazy
Oh but baby
Baby, the night life’s for me

Just one more time
I’ll hit the road
And I want to thank you
I want to thank the Lord

For that old night life
Some say it ain’t no good life
But baby, baby
There ain’t nothing like this night life

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The lyrics for Night Life are defined as the words making up the song released by Thin Lizzy in 1974. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Night Life have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Thin Lizzy 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 Night Life by Thin Lizzy 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 Night Life" means the words set to the music of Night Life, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Thin Lizzy. 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 Night Life and the lyrics to Night Life are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Thin Lizzy who came here looking just for the lyrics to Night Life, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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