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No One Gets The Prize

This version of No One Gets The Prize was released by Diana Ross in 1979.

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No one, no one gets the prize
No one, no one
No one gets the prize

We were best of friends
It all began
He came in to town and changed the plan
I knew she felt, the same as me
Which one of us would it be

Just in fun, fight begun
Before long a web of hate was spun
she pretended same as me
Oh, but friends again we’d never be

No one, no one gets the prize
She told him lies, and I told him lies
No one, no one gets the prize

She schemed and dreamed and told him dirt
That I was wrong for him
I told him all the boys she’d hurt and I would number them
He was the ray of light that made our hearts live
But either one of us knew really how to give
So we scandalized and criticized
And then we learned how to despise

No one, no one gets the prize
She told him lies and I lied, I lied yeah
No one, no one gets the prize
No, no, no

Yeah, yeah
Back off
Tried to steal him, tried to steal him
Tried to steal him
Runnin’ behind my back
Tried to steal him
Tried to show him where it was at

Watch it now
No, no I won’t take second place
No, no tell him to his face

We were friends for so, so, so long
Messed around, now he’s gone gone gone gone

No one, no one gets the prize
No, no
No one, no one gets the prize

I wasn’t alive, a love that’s satisfied
No one, no one gets the prize
It wasn’t fair, the love I couldn’t share
No one, no one gets the prize
No, no

No one, no one gets the prize
No one, no one gets the prize
She lied, I lied, we lied
No one, no one

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About Lyrics and No One Gets The Prize by Diana Ross

The lyrics to No One Gets The Prize are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Diana Ross used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to No One Gets The Prize have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Diana Ross 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 No One Gets The Prize by Diana Ross. 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 No One Gets The Prize" means the words set to the music of No One Gets The Prize, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Diana Ross. 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 No One Gets The Prize and the lyrics to No One Gets The Prize are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Diana Ross who came here looking just for the lyrics to No One Gets The Prize, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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