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The Greatest Love On Earth

This version of The Greatest Love On Earth was released by Chicago in 1978.

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It’s a long distance love affair
Tender are the moments that they rarely share
They hope their time will come someday
When together with the fraulein they’ll steal away
It’s the greatest love on earth
He’s come from so far away to see
Is this his lifelong dream or just a fantasy
He’s dying inside dying of frustration reaching out in hope
And he wants so hard to hide inside of her soul
‘Cause that’s what he needs to cope
It’s the greatest love on earth
Her lovin’ eyes are all he wants to see
And he knows that in her heart there lies his destiny
When she holds him in her arms he can feel the warmth
Of her gentle ways
And when she kissed him it was just like making music
That no one else will ever play
It’s the greatest love on earth
He’s come from so far away to see
Is this his lifelong dream or just a fantasy
It’s the greatest love on earth
He’s come from so far away to see
Is this his lifelong dream or just another fantasy

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About Lyrics and The Greatest Love On Earth by Chicago

The lyrics to The Greatest Love On Earth are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Chicago used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to The Greatest Love On Earth have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Chicago 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 The Greatest Love On Earth by Chicago. 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 Greatest Love On Earth" means the words set to the music of The Greatest Love On Earth, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Chicago. 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 Greatest Love On Earth and the lyrics to The Greatest Love On Earth are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Chicago who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Greatest Love On Earth, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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