Lyrics to
The Life Of The Party

This version of The Life Of The Party was released by Jackson 5 in 1974.

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All you gotta do
Is dance, dance, dance
All you gotta do
Is clap your hands, hands, hands
You’ll be the life of the party
Yes you will now
Life of the party
Yes you can

Hey Miss. Corner Sitter never left your seat
‘Til some dancing heart getter charm you to your feet, yeah
You got the movement soon you’ll be doing it
So get with it, baby get with it

You’ll be the life of the party (You thrill me when you dance, whoa)
You can be, you can be
Life of the party
You can be, you can be
(Dance, you can dance) yes you can

You’re a sexy mama such a dancin’ dream
You’re no longer sittin’ your train’s puffin’ steam
The guys are lined up they’re hoping to wind up with you now
Can’t you see it

You’ll be the life of the party (I love the way you dance, whoa yeah)
You can be, you can be
Life of the party
You can be, you can be

There’ll be dancin’, prancin’
With a little romancin’, hah

All you gotta do is
Dance, dance, dance
All you gotta do
Is clap your hands, hands, hands
You can boogie, you can boogie, you can boogie, you can boogie
You can move, move, move
You can boogie, you can boogie, you can boogie, you can boogie
You can move, move, move
Let’s get down, down, down, down, down, down
Let’s get down, down, down, down, down, down

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Jackson 5 has released many songs over the years besides The Life Of The Party. Jackson 5 released songs from 1969 to 1979 spanning across albums like Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5, ABC, Third Album, Christmas Album, Maybe Tomorrow, Goin' Back To Indiana, Lookin' Through The Windows, In Japan, Skywriter, G.I.T.: Get It Together, Dancing Machine, Moving Violation, Joyful Jukebox Music, and Boogie. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Jackson 5.

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About Lyrics and The Life Of The Party by Jackson 5

The lyrics to The Life Of The Party are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Jackson 5 used when the song was created in 1974. The lyrics to The Life Of The Party have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Jackson 5 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 Life Of The Party by Jackson 5. 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 Life Of The Party" means the words set to the music of The Life Of The Party, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Jackson 5. 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 Life Of The Party and the lyrics to The Life Of The Party are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Jackson 5 who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Life Of The Party, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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