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Sister Feelings Call
Wonderful In Young Life

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Wonderful In Young Life

Release date: 12th September 1981

From Sister Feelings Call

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About This Track

"Wonderful In Young Life" is a track by Simple Minds, from the album Sister Feelings Call , released 12th September 1981. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

Wonderful In Young Life

[Verse 1]

Wonderful In Young Life

Two weeks in another town

Sending shivers along in the spine

Of your friends when they call

Here she comes

The wild wind blows

In rhythms of season

In young life and reasons

Deceiving and pleasing to some

Wild girls wild

In epic beauty wild

Surviving these changes

In paces and faces

In free wonder

Free wonder

Free wonder style

[Hook]

Wonderful

Little Egypt eyes

Wonderful

And the world can't wait

Wonderful

And the beat's white hot

Wonderful

[Verse 2]

Dream dream dream

It's the eighties youthful theme

Loving the city

A theme for great cities

And loved ones and loved ones and loved ones

And love

Memorize

A crowded swallow skies

Whatever the weather

The climate is perfect

So young and so young

And so young in life

An angel day

Angels coming your way

Screaming good fortune

And follow

And look at the memories

That are stuck in our eyes

[Hook]

Wonderful

Little Egypt eyes

Wonderful

And the world can't wait

Wonderful

And we celebrate so good

Wonderful

[Verse 3]

Wonderful In Young Life

Two weeks in another town

Sending shivers along in the spine

Of your friends when they call

Here she comes

The wild wind blows

In rhythms of season

In young life and reasons

Deceiving and pleasing to some

Wild girls wild

In epic beauty wild

Surviving these changes

In paces and faces

In free wonder

Free wonder

Free wonder style

[Hook]

Wonderful

Little Egypt eyes

Wonderful

And the world can't wait

Wonderful

And the beat's white hot

Wonderful

[Bridge]

God I'm singing memories

Hey I'm singing memories

Look I'm singing memories

Here she comes - wonderful

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Track details

From Sister Feelings Call

1981

Album

Sister Feelings Call

Release year

1981

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Credited: Brian McGee, Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Jim Kerr, Michael MacNeil, Steve Hillage