Lyrics to
The Tenth World

This version of The Tenth World was released by Joni Mitchell in 1977.

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Baila mi rumba
Batela, goza y mira mama
Baila, mira mama
Batela, goza, mira eh
Rumbando bello es que yo voy
Bailala bailala bailala
Bailala baila baila
Eh eh mama
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Baila baila my rumbo ?
Ele eh ele eh
Bailala bailala baila
Din din baragadin dan dan
Baila baila baila baila
Venezolano en Nueva York
En California y en todos lados
Te la traigo
Para que vos…para que gozes gozes cosa buena
Gozes con todo el mundo
El africano y todo el mundo
Bailala
Bailala
Bailala
Bailala
Bailala
Gringos!
Izquierdo! Izquierdo! Vamos, oye!

Me voy
Me voy
Me voy
Me voy
Me voy
Me voy
Me voy
Me voy

Dance to my rumba
Beat it, enjoy, look mama
Dance, look mama
Beat it, enjoy, look
Dancing the rumba beautifully. That’s how I go.
Hey hey mama
Dance to it, dance
Dance
Dance this way
Dance to it, dance
A Venezuelan in New York
In California and everywhere
I bring it to you
So that you will enjoy a good thing
Enjoy it with the rest of the world
With the African and the rest of the world
Dance to it
Gringos!
Left! Left!
I say, Come on!
I’m going now!

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About Lyrics and The Tenth World by Joni Mitchell

The lyrics for The Tenth World are defined as the words making up the song released by Joni Mitchell in 1977. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to The Tenth World have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Joni Mitchell and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to The Tenth World by Joni Mitchell if you think through it. 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 Tenth World" means the words set to the music of The Tenth World, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Joni Mitchell. 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 Tenth World and the lyrics to The Tenth World are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Joni Mitchell who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Tenth World, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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