Lyrics to
Slow Dancing

This version of Slow Dancing was released by Olivia Newton-John in 1977.

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It’s late at night and we’re all alone
With just the music of the radio
No one’s comin’, no one’s gonna telephone
Just me and him and the lights down low

And we’re slow dancing, swaying to the music
Slow dancing, just me and my guy
Slow dancing, swaying to the music
No one else in the whole wide world
In the whole wide world

And we just float together when the lights are low
And the shadows dancing across the wall
The music’s playing so soft and slow
And the rest of the world’s so far away and small

Slow dancing, swaying to the music
Slow dancing, just me and my guy
Slow dancing, swaying to the music
No one else in the whole wide world
In the whole wide world

Hold me, please hold me
Don’t ever let me go

And as we dance together in the dark
There’s so much love in this heart of mine
He whispers to me and I hold him tight
He’s the one I thought I’d never find

Slow dancing, swaying to the music
Slow dancing, just me and my guy
Slow dancing, swaying to the music
No one else in the whole wide world
In the whole wide world

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Olivia Newton-John has released many songs over the years besides Slow Dancing. Olivia Newton-John released songs from 1970 to 2007 spanning across albums like Toomorrow, If Not For You, Olivia, Let Me Be There, Long Live Love, Have You Never Been Mellow, Clearly Love, Don't Stop Believin', Come On Over, Making A Good Thing Better, Totally Hot, Grease, Xanadu, Physical, Two Of A Kind, Soul Kiss, The Rumour, Warm And Tender, Gaia: One Woman's Journey, Back With A Heart, Sordid Lives, -2, Indigo: Women Of Song, Stronger Than Before, and Christmas Wish. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Olivia Newton-John.

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About Lyrics and Slow Dancing by Olivia Newton-John

The lyrics to Slow Dancing are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Olivia Newton-John used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to Slow Dancing have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Olivia Newton-John 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 Slow Dancing by Olivia Newton-John. 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 Slow Dancing" means the words set to the music of Slow Dancing, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Olivia Newton-John. 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 Slow Dancing and the lyrics to Slow Dancing are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Olivia Newton-John who came here looking just for the lyrics to Slow Dancing, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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