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Here
I Was Beautiful When I Was Alive

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Teenage Fanclub

I Was Beautiful When I Was Alive

Release date: 8th September 2016

From HereTrack 64:44

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About This Track

"I Was Beautiful When I Was Alive" is a track by Teenage Fanclub, from the album Here, released 8th September 2016. The track is 4:44 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Teenage Fanclub

Teenage Fanclub

Lyrics

I Was Beautiful When I Was Alive

What if I could sail away
From this island of imagined yesterdays?

What if I could fly away
I'd be flying higher than high
'Cause I was beautiful when I was alive
Gonna close my eyes

Sail on through imagination
I don't expect no explanation
I was beautiful when I was alive
Open up my eyes

I was beautiful when I was alive
Beautiful when I was alive

What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do about it?
What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do about it?

What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do do about it?
What are you gonna do do?
What are you gonna do do about it?

What are you gonna do? (I'm not selling out)
What are you gonna do about it? (My imagination)
What are you gonna do? (I'm a citizen)
What are you gonna do about it? (Of the human nation)

What are you gonna do? (I'm not selling out)
What are you gonna do about it? (My imagination)
What are you gonna do? (I'm a citizen)
What are you gonna do about it? (Of the human nation)

What are you gonna do? (I'm not selling out)
What are you gonna do about it? (My imagination)
What are you gonna do? (I'm a citizen)
What are you gonna do about it? (Of the human nation)

What are you gonna do? (I'm not selling out)
What are you gonna do about it? (My imagination)
What are you gonna do? (I'm a citizen)
What are you gonna do about it? (Of the human nation)

What are you gonna do? (I'm not selling out)
What are you gonna do about it? (My imagination)
What are you gonna do? (I'm a citizen)
What are you gonna do about it? (Of the human nation)

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

Track details

From Here

4:442016

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Album

Teenage Fanclub

9th September 2016

Track number

6

Release year

2016

1I'm in Love
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2Thin Air
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3Hold On
3:24
4The Darkest Part of the Night
3:16

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Teenage Fanclub — It's a Sign (from Here) [3:36]
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Teenage Fanclub — I'm in Love (from Here) [2:41]
Teenage Fanclub — Connected to Life (from Here) [4:00]
Teenage Fanclub — With You (from Here) [3:58]
Teenage Fanclub — I Have Nothing More to Say (from Here) [4:18]
Teenage Fanclub — Hold On (from Here) [3:24]
Teenage Fanclub — The Darkest Part of the Night (from Here) [3:16]
Teenage Fanclub — The First Sight (from Here) [5:08]
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Teenage Fanclub — Fallen Leaves
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Association!
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Did I Say
Dumb Dumb Dumb
Escher
Everybody's Fool
Everything Flows
Everything Is Falling Apart
Fallen Leaves

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