Lyrics to
The Main Event (Ballad)

This version of The Main Event (Ballad) was released by Barbra Streisand in 1979.

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I’m in love
I gotta thank my luck stars above
Hurry, hurry don’t be late
I can’t wait
I gotta celebrate
It’s a fact
We got a first rate act
It’s evident when we make love
The main event
You’re my every thought
Baby
You’re my own attraction
You must be heaven’s saint
You give me so much satisfaction
You’re the one
You make life worth fighting for
You’re the one-ah!
And there is nobody quite like you
Honey, you’re the one…
You’re my everything
And it’s my conclusion
There is no sweeter scent
When you have found the right solution
Cause you’re the one
You make life worth fighting for
You’re the one
And there is nobody quite like you
You’re my number one
You’re my number one

Extra! Extra!
I’m in love
I gotta thank my luck stars above
Hurry, hurry don’t be late
I can’t wait
I gotta celebrate
It’s a fact
We got a first rate act
It’s evident when we make love
The main event
We’re the main event!

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About Lyrics and The Main Event (Ballad) by Barbra Streisand

The lyrics for The Main Event (Ballad) are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by Barbra Streisand. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to The Main Event (Ballad) 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 Main Event (Ballad) - Barbra Streisand 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 Main Event (Ballad) by Barbra Streisand 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 Main Event (Ballad)" means the words set to the music of The Main Event (Ballad), or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Barbra Streisand. 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 Main Event (Ballad) and the lyrics to The Main Event (Ballad) are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Barbra Streisand who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Main Event (Ballad), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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