Lyrics to
The Greatest Show On Earth

This version of The Greatest Show On Earth was released by Michael Jackson in 1972.

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Love is like a circus and a carnival is beautiful to see
Love can turn your mind around like ferris wheels and spinning carosels

You’ll be a part of the world of make believe
Flying high like a man on a trapeze

Oh, everyday is a holiday
Get your tickets right away
Love, love, love
Is the Greatest Show on Earth

The fantasy you see is like a child again through rainbow colored eyes
Step right up its circus time and get your moneys worth of love today

You’ll be a part of the world of make believe
Flying high like a man on a trapeze

Everyday is a holiday
Get your tickets right away
Love, love, yea
Is the Greatest Show on Earth

Everyday is a holiday
Get your tickets right away
Love, love, love
Is the Greatest Show on Earth

Love, love, love
Is the greatest show on earth (yea e yea)
Love, love, yea
Is the greatest show on earth
Love, love, yea

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Michael Jackson has released many songs over the years besides The Greatest Show On Earth. Michael Jackson released songs from 1972 to 2004 spanning across albums like Got To Be There, Ben, Music & Me, Forever, Michael, Off The Wall, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous, HIStory - Past, Present And Future - Book 1, Blood On The Dance Floor - HIStory In The Mix, Invincible, and The Ultimate Collection. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Michael Jackson.

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About Lyrics and The Greatest Show On Earth by Michael Jackson

The lyrics for The Greatest Show On Earth are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1972 song by Michael Jackson. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to The Greatest Show On Earth have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for The Greatest Show On Earth - Michael Jackson and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to The Greatest Show On Earth by Michael Jackson in multiple ways. 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 Show On Earth" means the words set to the music of The Greatest Show On Earth, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Michael Jackson. 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 Show On Earth and the lyrics to The Greatest Show On Earth are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Michael Jackson who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Greatest Show 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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