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Utopia – Life Goes On (1980) | Track profile | Dork

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Utopia
Deface the Music
Life Goes On

TRACK

Life Goes On

Release date: 24th September 1980

From Deface the Music

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About This Track

"Life Goes On" is a track by Utopia, from the album Deface the Music, released 24th September 1980. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Utopia

Utopia

Lyrics

Life Goes On

[Chorus]

Life goes on

The world keeps turning and life goes on

Life goes on

The world keeps turning and life goes on

[Verse 1]

He was a company man

He put his faith in the union and his take-home pay

A good republican man

But they closed down the factory, his retirement day

[Pre-Chorus]

Life goes on

Whether or not there's a reason

Life goes on

Enter another season

[Chorus]

Life goes on

The world keeps turning and life goes on

Life goes on

The world keeps turning and life goes on

[Verse 2]

She was the pride of her dad

But she harbored a secret in her bureau drawer

And when the news was too bad

She would get into trouble with the boy next door

[Pre-Chorus]

Life goes on

Whether or not there's a reason

Life goes on

Enter another season

[Chorus]

Life goes on

The world keeps turning and life goes on

Life goes on

The world keeps turning and life goes on

[Verse 3]

In the dead of the night

They escape to their fantasy without a sound

Her father still burns a light

But they never returned and they were never found

[Outro]

Life goes on

Whether or not there's a reason

Life goes on

Life goes on

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From Deface the Music

1980

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Deface the Music

Release year

1980

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Writer: Kasim Sulton, Roger Powell, Todd Rundgren, Willie Wilcox
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