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"I Want to Live" is a track by Talking Heads, from the album Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites, released 13th October 1992. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 10 articles about Talking Heads.
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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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