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This Life Lyrics — Take That | Dork

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Take That
This Life Lyrics

Lyrics

This Life

From This Life2023

Written by Andy Platts, Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark Owen

Lyrics

This Life

In this life, you can try But it won't stop challenging you It won't stop challenging you Rainy days, big mistakes Losing love and singing the blues When you can't stop singing the blues When you make plans, they never work They never work It feels so good 'til it hurts But when it hurts It's time to tell you, baby This life ain't no bed of roses This life will take everything that you've got In this life, there's no second chances Make this life yours Stormy seas Thinking you've found your feet, then you lose your way When you can't stop losing your way Hoping for second chances Bracing for bumpy landings Always the hardest race (you can't stop running that race) When you make plans, God laughs at you God laughs at you You sing but you can't hear the tune When you can't hear the tune It's time to tell you, baby This life ain't no bed of roses This life will take everything that you've got In this life, there's no second chances Make this life yours No way tomorrow is golden A new day (a new day) can be anything that you want 'Cause this life belongs to no other Make this life yours But while we're here on this Earth We need to make it all work Just try 'cause I can help you find your place in this life, ooh This life ain't no bed of roses (this life) This life will take everything that you've got In this life, there's no second chances Make this life yours There's no way (no way) tomorrow is golden (tomorrow is golden) A new day (a new day) can be anything that you want 'Cause this life belongs to no other Make this life yours (oh) Yeah (this life, this life) This life (this life) will take everything that you've got In this life, there's no second chances Make this life yours There's no way tomorrow is golden (this life) A new day can be everything that you want (this life) 'Cause this life belongs to no other Make this life yours

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About this track

"This Life" is a song by Take That from the album This Life, released in 2023. The song was written by Andy Platts, Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark Owen, Shawn Lee, Andy Platts, Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark Owen, Shawn Lee, Andy Platts, Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark Owen, Shawn Lee, Andy Platts, Shawn Lee. It was produced by Andy Platts, Gary Barlow, Andy Platts, Gary Barlow.

Take That profile →This Life album →Track profile →

Track 3 of 13EMI

Contributors

Gary Barlow— 408 credits as songwriter & producer →
Ryan Carline— 111 credits as songwriter & producer →
Tess Greenham— 58 credits as assistant mastering engineer →
Kieran Beardmore— 161 credits as assistant mixing engineer →
Matt Wolach— 612 credits as producer →
Andy Platts— 14 credits as songwriter & producer →
Andy Platts— 14 credits as songwriter & producer →

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, Howard Donald

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Andy Platts— 14 credits as songwriter & producer →

Gary Barlow— 408 credits as songwriter & producer →

Howard Donald— 161 credits as songwriter →

Mark Owen— 169 credits as songwriter →

Shawn Lee— 100 credits as songwriter & producer →

Andy Platts— 14 credits as songwriter & producer →

Andy Platts— 14 credits as songwriter & producer →

Andy Platts— 14 credits as songwriter & producer →

Ryan Carline— 111 credits as songwriter & producer →

Gary Barlow— 408 credits as songwriter & producer →

Ryan Carline— 111 credits as songwriter & producer →

Andy Platts— 14 credits as songwriter & producer →

Gary Barlow— 408 credits as songwriter & producer →

Howard Donald— 161 credits as songwriter →

Mark Owen— 169 credits as songwriter →

Shawn Lee— 100 credits as songwriter & producer →

John Greenham— 386 credits as producer →

Mark “Spike” Stent— 2,289 credits as songwriter & producer →

Andy Platts— 14 credits as songwriter & producer →

Andy Platts— 14 credits as songwriter & producer →

Andy Platts— 14 credits as songwriter & producer →

Gary Barlow— 408 credits as songwriter & producer →

Andy Platts— 14 credits as songwriter & producer →

Gary Barlow— 408 credits as songwriter & producer →

Andy Platts— 14 credits as songwriter & producer →

Andy Platts— 14 credits as songwriter & producer →

Ryan Carline— 111 credits as songwriter & producer →

Gary Barlow— 408 credits as songwriter & producer →

Howard Donald— 161 credits as songwriter →

Mark Owen— 169 credits as songwriter →

Andy Platts— 14 credits as songwriter & producer →

Gary Barlow— 408 credits as songwriter & producer →

Howard Donald— 161 credits as songwriter →

Mark Owen— 169 credits as songwriter →

Shawn Lee— 100 credits as songwriter & producer →

Andy Platts— 14 credits as songwriter & producer →

Shawn Lee— 100 credits as songwriter & producer →

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