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Long As You're Living - Abbey Lincoln



     
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Long As You're Living Lyrics


(I)
FORGIVE ME IF I SEEM TO PREACH - BUT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO SAY
A MESSAGE THAT I HOPE WILL REACH - PEOPLE WHO ARE THROWING LIFE AWAY
I CALL IT MY PHILOSOPHY - THAT IS WHY I PASS IT ON TO YOU
BECAUSE IT WORKS SO WELL FOR ME - IT HELPS ME GET AWAY FROM STRIFE
I HOPE YOU LISTEN CAREFULLY - THEY SAY THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE
AND THAT'S THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE - 'CAUSE BROTHER THIS IS YOUR LIFE
(II)
LONG AS YOU'RE LIVIN' - ALWAYS REMEMBER
TIME IS FOR SPENDIN' - BUT THERE'S AN ENDING
WHILE YOU ARE SLEEPIN' - LIFETIME IS CREEPIN'
WAKE UP AND TASTE IT - FOOLISH TO WASTE IT
SAMPLE AND SAVOR - ALL OF IT'S FLAVOR
LONG AS YOU'RE LIVIN'......(III)
LONG AS YOU'RE LIVIN' - ALWAYS REMEMBER
FOLKS WHO ARE LAZY - ARE PLAYING CRAZY
BETTER KEEP MOVIN' - KEEP ON IMPROVIN'
YOU WON'T BE HURRIED - AFTER YOU'RE BURIED

LIVE EVERY MINUTE - PUT YOURSELF IN IT
LONG AS YOU'RE LIVIN'.......(IV)
LONG AS YOU'RE LIVIN' - ALWAYS REMEMBER
YOU'LL NEVER BEAT LIFE - DON'T TRY TO CHEAT LIFE
ALL IN ARE BROTHERS - DO UNTO OTHERS
LOVE'S FOR ENJOYING -HATE'S FOR DESTROYING
NEVER FORGET IT - OR YOU'LL REGRET IT
LONG AS YOUR LIVIN...(V)
FORGIVE ME IF I SEEM TO PREACH - BUT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO SAY
A MESSAGE THAT I HOPE WILL REACH - PEOPLE WHO ARE THROWING LIFE AWAY
I CALL IT MY PHILOSOPHY - THAT IS WHY I PASS IT ON TO YOU
BECAUSE IT WORKS SO WELL FOR ME - IT HELPS ME GET AWAY FROM STRIFE
I HOPE YOU LISTEN CAREFULLY - THEY SAY THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE
AND THAT'S THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE - 'CAUSE BROTHER THIS IS YOUR LIFE

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Abbey Lincoln (born Anna Marie Wooldridge on August 6, 1930, Chicago, Illinois – died August 14, 2010, Manhattan, New York), was a jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress. Her first album, Abbey Lincoln's Affair, A Story of a Girl in Love was released in 1956. Also that year Lincoln starred in the film The Girl Can't Help It, for which she famously wore a dress worn by Marilyn Monroe. Lincoln sang on the 1960s landmark jazz civil rights recording, We Insist! - Freedom Now Suite in 1960 by jazz musician and Lincolns husband from 1962-1970, Max Roach.

Read more about Abbey Lincoln on Last.fm.


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