Wonderful Life Lyrics
Here I go out to sea again
The sunshine fills my hair
And dreams hang in the air
Gulls in the sky and in my blue eyes
You know it feels unfair
There's magic everywhere
Look at me standing
Here on my own again
Up straight in the sunshine
[Chorus]
No need to run and hide
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
No need to laugh and cry
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
[Verse 2]
Sun in your eyes
The heat is in your hair
They seem to hate you
Because you're there
And I need a friend
Oh, I need a friend
To make me happy
Not stand here on my own
Look at me standing
Here on my own again
Up straight in the sunshine
No need to run and hide
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
No need to laugh and cry
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
[Sax Solo]
[Verse 3]
I need a friend
Oh, I need a friend
To make me happy
Not so alone
Look at me here
Here on my own again
Up straight in the sunshine
[Chorus]
No need to run and hide
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
No need to laugh and cry
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
No need to run and hide
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
No need to run and hide
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
Wonderful life
It's a wonderful life
About
“I was really being ironic when I wrote ‘Wonderful Life’,” Colin Vearncombe, aka Black, told me in 2004 of his biggest hit. “Most people took it at face value, but why should they think otherwise? Only Donald Fagen and Randy Newman can sing sarcastically in a way that people understand. As a result, Smash Hits wrote about me because they thought it was a pop thing and Q wouldn’t touch me.”
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The entire song is an expression of the apparent absurdity of our life as humans – we exist in the midst of so much greatness and unbounded splendor, as exhibited by all the aspects of the manifested universe around us, and yet, it sometimes doesn’t strike us as such.
We emotionalize our existence, to our own peril sometimes; finding ourselves feeling unhappy, ungrateful and lonely, as life goes on everywhere about us, irrespective of how we feel.
Overall, a very poetic and philosophical song, and one with a great tune. It’s also a remarkable backdrop to flying high… if you know what I mean.
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