Lyrics to
This Is It

This version of This Is It was released by Kenny Loggins in 1979.

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There’ve been times in my life
I’ve been wonderin’ why
Still, somehow I believed we’d always survive
Now, I’m not so sure
You’re waiting here
One good reason to try
But, what more can I say
What’s left to provide

(You think that maybe it’s over)
(Only if you want it to be)
Are you gonna wait for a sign, your miracle
Stand up and fight

(This is it)
Make no mistake where you are
(This is it)
You back’s to the corner
(This is it)
Don’t be a fool anymore
(This is it)

The waiting is over, no, don’t you run
No way to hide
No time for wonderin’ why
It’s here, the moment is now, about to decide
Let ’em believe
Leave ’em behind
But keep me near in your heart
Know whatever you do
I’m here by your side

(You say that maybe it’s over)
(Not if you don’t want it to be)
For once in your life
Here’s your miracle
Stand up and fight

(This is it)
Make no mistake where you are
(This is it)
You’re goin’ no further
(This is it)
Until it’s over and done

(No one can tell you what you know)
Whoa-oh-ho, whoa-aaah
(Who makes the choice of how it goes)
It’s not up to me this time
(You know)
Comes a day in every life

(This is it)
Make no mistake where you are
(This is it)
You’re goin’ no further
(This is it)
Until it’s over and done
(This is it)
One way or another
(This is it)
(No one can tell what the future holds)
(This is it)
Your back’s to the corner
(This is it)
(You make the choice of how it goes)
(This is it)
The waiting is over
(This is it)
(No one can tell what the future holds)
(This is it)
You’re goin’ no further
(This is it)

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Kenny Loggins has released many songs over the years besides This Is It. Kenny Loggins released songs from 1976 to 2007 spanning across albums like Celebrate Me Home, Nightwatch, Keep The Fire, High Adventure, Vox Humana, Back To Avalon, Leap Of Faith, Return To Pooh Corner, The Unimaginable Life, December, More Songs From Pooh Corner, The Essential Kenny Loggins, It's About Time, and How About Now. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Kenny Loggins.

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About Lyrics and This Is It by Kenny Loggins

When you decide to study the lyrics to This Is It, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by Kenny Loggins. Some of the lyrics to This Is It have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Kenny Loggins and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to This Is It if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 This Is It" means the words set to the music of This Is It, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Kenny Loggins. 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 This Is It and the lyrics to This Is It are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Kenny Loggins who came here looking just for the lyrics to This Is It, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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