Lyrics to
The Show Must Go On

This version of The Show Must Go On was released by Three Dog Night in 1974.

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Baby, although I chose this lonely life
It seems it’s strangling me now
All the wild men, big cigars, gigantic cars
They’re all laughing at me now

Oh, I’ve been used, ooh, used
I’ve been a fool, oh, what a fool
I broke all the rules, oh, yeah
But I must let the show go on

Baby, there’s an enormous crowd of people
They’re all after my blood
I wish maybe they’d tear down the walls of this theater
Let me out, let me out

Oh, I’m so blind, oh, I’m blind
I wasted time, wasted, wasted, wasted time
Walking on a wire, high wire
But I must let the show go on

Oh, I’m so blind, oh, I’m blind
I wasted time, wasted, wasted all too much time
Walking on a wire, high wire
But I must let the show go on

Baby, I wish you’d help me escape
Help me get away
Leave me outside my address
Far away from this masquerade

‘Cause I’ve been blind, oh, so blind
I wasted time, wasted, wasted all too much time
Walking on a wire, high wire
But I must let the show go
I must let the show go
I must let the show go on

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Three Dog Night has released many songs over the years besides The Show Must Go On. Three Dog Night released songs from 1968 to 1976 spanning across albums like Three Dog Night, Suitable For Framing, It Ain't Easy, Naturally, Harmony, Seven Separate Fools, Cyan, Hard Labor, Coming Down Your Way, and American Pastime. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Three Dog Night.

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About Lyrics and The Show Must Go On by Three Dog Night

The lyrics to The Show Must Go On are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Three Dog Night in 1974. Elements of the lyrics to The Show Must Go On are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Three Dog Night and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for The Show Must Go On back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to The Show Must Go On by Three Dog Night in a number of 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 Show Must Go On" means the words set to the music of The Show Must Go On, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Three Dog Night. 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 Show Must Go On and the lyrics to The Show Must Go On are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Three Dog Night who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Show Must Go On, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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