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Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song
Something to Live For

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Ella Fitzgerald

Something to Live For

From Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song

Track 14

3:38

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"Something to Live For" is a track by Ella Fitzgerald, from the album Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song. The track is 3:38 long. Full lyrics are available below.

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Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

Lyrics

Something to Live For

I want something to live for
Someone to make my life an adventurous dream
Oh, what wouldn't I give for
Someone who'd take my life and make it seem
Gay as they say it ought to be

Why can't I have love like that brought to me?
My eye is watching the noon crowds
Searching the promenades seeking a clue
To the one who will someday be my
Something to live for
Something to live for
Something to live for

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From Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song

3:38

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Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song

Ella Fitzgerald

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14

1Perdido (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, 1949)
8:29
2Lullaby of Birdland (Live at Bushnell Memorial Hall, 1954)
2:27
3Too Young for The Blues (Alternate Single Version)
3:16
4Too Darn Hot
3:49
5Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Lunch Today)
3:04
6April in Paris
4:43
7Undecided (feat. Crummy Young, Edmond Hall, Billy Kyle, Dale Jones & Barrett Deems) [Live at The Hollywood Bowl, 1956]
3:44
8Can't We Be Friends?
3:48
9Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewildered
7:05
10Just a-Sittin' and a-Rockin'
3:35
11I'm Just a Lucky So and So
4:15
12Airmail Special (Live at The Newport Jazz Festival, 1957)
4:20
13A-Tisket, A-Tasket
2:22
14Baby Don't You Go Away Mad
2:37
15Angel Eyes
3:22
16I Won't Dance
4:45
1Summertime
4:57
2Oh, Lady Be Good (feat. Oscar Peterson Trio) [Live at The Shrine Auditorium]
4:04
3More Than You Know
3:17
4Lush Life (feat. Oscar Peterson)
3:40
5Blue Skies
3:46
6Swingin' Shepherd Blues
2:42
7These Foolish Things (Live at Teatro Sistina, Rome, Italy, 1958)
3:35
8Travelin' Light (Single Version)
3:13
9You're an Old Smoothie
2:48
10Makin' Whoopee
3:46
11How Long Has This Been Going On?
3:48
12Detour Ahead
3:22
13Mack the Knife (feat. The Paul Smith Quartet) [Live at The Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, 1960]
5:10
14How High the Moon (feat. The Paul Smith Quartet) [Live]
7:20
15Black Coffee
3:30
16Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
2:46
17Get Happy
3:33
18Heart & Soul
3:35
1(You'll Have to Swing It) Mr. Paganini (Live at The Crescendo, 1961)
4:06
2A Night in Tunisia
4:09
3I Can't Get Started
3:33
4Don't Be That Way (feat. Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)
3:49
5After You've Gone
4:12
6Hernando's Hideaway
3:21
7A Fine Romance (feat. Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)
3:39
8'Deed I Do
2:46
9Hear Me Talking to Ya
3:04
10Can't Buy Me Love
2:39
11Day In, Day Out (Live at Cote d'Azur, France, 1964)
2:57
12Something's Gotta Give
2:35
13Here's That Rainy Day (Live)
3:36
14Something to Live For
3:38
15You've Changed
3:18
16Jazz Samba (Live at The Cote d'Azur, 7/28/1966)
5:50
17It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) [Live at Cote D'Azur, France, 7/29/1966]
7:14

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Can't Buy Me Love
Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me (live on the Ed Sullivan Show, March 7, 1965)
Got to Get You Into My Life
I Love Being Here With You (live on the Ed Sullivan Show, February 2, 1964)
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (live on the Ed Sullivan Show, March 7, 1965)
Open Your Window
Savoy Truffle
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The Moment Of Truth (Live At The Coliseum)
(If You Can’t Sing It) You’ll Have to Swing It

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