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The Balancing Act – Wonderful World Tonight (1986) | Track profile | Dork

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New Campfire Songs
Wonderful World Tonight

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The Balancing Act

Wonderful World Tonight

Release date: 1986

From New Campfire Songs

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"Wonderful World Tonight" is a track by The Balancing Act, from the album New Campfire Songs, released 1986. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

Wonderful World Tonight

Jump the line

Work is over

Don't go home

Till much later

Let's not play grownup

Let's go wild

Let's run in the woods

This is the great new life!

And it's a Wonderful World Tonight...

Jump the fences

Dodge the junk cars

We'll go dancing

Through the graveyard

And those who move swiftly

Won't be left behind

Things happen quickly

This is the great new life!

Fake the bird call

The wolf howl

Treehouse district

Is buzzing now

I smell fear

I feel alive

I like it here

This is the great new life!

And it's a Wonderful World Tonight...

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1986

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