Lick It Up

KISS

Don't want to wait 'til you know me better
Let's just be glad for the time together
Life's such a treat and it's time you taste it
There ain't a reason on earth to waste it
It ain't a crime to be good to yourself

Lick it up, lick it up, oh, it's only right now
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, ooh yeah
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, come on (come on)
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, ooh

Don't need to wait for an invitation
You gotta live like you're on vacation
There's something sweet you can't buy with money
Lick it up, woo, lick it up
It's all you need, so believe me, honey
It ain't a crime to be good to yourself

Lick it up, lick it up, oh, it's only right now
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, ooh yeah
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, come on (come on)
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, come on

It's only right now (it's only right now)
Ooh yeah (ooh yeah), ooh yeah (ooh yeah), yeah, yeah

Oh, woo

Lick it up, lick it up, oh, it's only right now
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, come on (come on)
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, woo

Lick it up, lick it up, oh, yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)
Lick it up, lick it up, oh


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Lick It Up Lyrics as written by Vincent Cusano Paul Stanley

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  • +3
    General Comment
    Why don't they just get a paper towel and wipe it up?
    pebbleson December 05, 2004   Link
  • +3
    General Comment
    It's about living life to the fullest, not letting opportunities pass you by. Not about sex!
    saturnthegianton November 03, 2006   Link
  • +2
    General Comment
    Lists like that, they put songs like this to stir up publicity. This song rules.
    LoyalMDOFanon November 08, 2004   Link
  • +1
    General Comment
    boring song without the video,which is hilarious.KISS rules as cheesiest rock band ever
    aicdirt27on January 17, 2005   Link
  • +1
    General Comment
    This song rocks, how cant you people like it. Our weight room coach used to think it was keep it up and didnt know what it meant, then we told him it was lick it up and he doesnt let us listen to it anymore, which is stupid KISS RULES
    davicodon June 14, 2005   Link
  • +1
    General Comment
    The song is about hedonistic behavior, although I wouldn't dare bother intellectualize anything by KISS by commenting further. Entertaining song though...
    LaMuerteon July 02, 2005   Link
  • +1
    General Comment
    It's about sex. Duh!
    Spartacusprimeon February 28, 2006   Link
  • +1
    General Comment
    Okay imagine this convo: Your friend: Do you spit or swallow? You: (your answer here) Your friend: Lick it up (title of song) C'mon... read the lyrics ... doesn't take a genius... This band definately had the tongue action going for them...
    Chistinaloveon November 21, 2007   Link
  • +1
    General Comment
    Yes it's about living life to the fullest.However,it's also about sex.Come on,"Lick It Up".If you need it explained to you then you have bigger problems than not getting it.
    tyranny_soulson November 24, 2008   Link
  • +1
    Memory
    ahhh, I remember listening to this while playing Tony Hawk UnderGround on the ps2, back then I was innocent and knew nothing about what it meant, it was just a song...now that I'm more grown up, I can't listen to this song without getting certain "images" in my head...btw, for those of you who haven't noticed, most of KISS's songs are about sex, i.e. Rock and Roll All Night, Lovegun,
    Drake294on May 11, 2009   Link

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