Lyrics to
The Boss

This version of The Boss was released by Diana Ross in 1979.

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Fancy me
Thought I had my degree
In life and how love
Ought to be a run
I had a one step plan to prove it
Guide in my pocket for fools
Folly and fun
Love had to show me one thing

I was so right (so right)
So right
Thought I could turn emotion
On and off
I was so sure
So sure (I was so sure)
But love taught me
Who was, who was, who was the boss

I’d defy
Anyone who claimed that I
Didn’t control
Whatever moved in my soul
I could tempt
Touch delight
Just because you fell for me
Why should I feel uptight
Love had to show me one thing

I was so right (so right)
So right
Thought I could turn emotion
On and off
I was so sure
So sure (I was so sure)
But love taught me
Who was, who was, who was the boss

Love taught me
Taught me
Taught me
Taught me

I was so right (so right)
So right
Thought I could turn emotion
On and off
I was so sure
So sure (I was so sure)
But love taught me
Who was, who was, who was the boss
(Taught me who was, who was the boss)

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Diana Ross has released many songs over the years besides The Boss. Diana Ross released songs from 1970 to 2006 spanning across albums like Everything Is Everything, Diana Ross, Surrender / I'm Still Waiting, Lady Sings The Blues, Touch Me In The Morning, Last Time I Saw Him, Diana & Marvin, Live At Caesar's Palace, Baby It's Me, The Wiz, Ross, The Boss, diana, To Love Again, Why Do Fools Fall In Love, Silk Electric, Swept Away, Eaten Alive, Red Hot Rhythm And Blues, Workin' Overtime, The Force Behind The Power, Take Me Higher, Every Day Is A New Day, I Love You, and Blue. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Diana Ross.

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About Lyrics and The Boss by Diana Ross

When you decide to study the lyrics to The Boss, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by Diana Ross. Some of the lyrics to The Boss have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Diana Ross and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to The Boss 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 The Boss" means the words set to the music of The Boss, 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 The Boss and the lyrics to The Boss 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 The Boss, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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