I Want to Live

by Talking Heads

From the album: Popular Favorites 1976-1992: Sand in the Vaseline

Track 2 of 33 on Popular Favorites 1976-1992: Sand in the Vaseline (1992).

Duration: 3:23

Popular Favorites 1976-1992: Sand in the Vaseline cover art

Lyrics for I Want to Live

I want to live To feel a face that isn't there I want to live I roll over, and you're not there I'm only standing on the shore I had some friends, but I want more Mm Mm Mm, I see the future, and it's all mine Want to be perfect, I'm taking my time I'll try not to act like I'm so far away I try to be right in whatever I say Deeper feelings recur again and again and again and again A complex spiral leads me to spin Mm Mm I want to live To see the Earth turn one more time I wanna live To feel a hand that isn't mine I'm only standing on the shore I had some fun, but I want more I'll try not to act like I'm so far away I try to be right in whatever I say Deeper feelings recur again and again and again and again A complex spiral leads me to spin Mm Mm Mm

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