ELO - Living Thing 1976

ELO - Livin' Thing 1976

Electric Light Orchestra

Lyrics:
Sailin' away on the crest of a wave
It's like magic
Oh Rollin' and ridin' and slippin' & slidin'
It's magic

And you, and your sweet desire,
You took me, higher and higher baby
It's a livin' thing,
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing
What a terrible thing to lose.

Making believe this is what you've conceived
From your worst day,
Moving in line when you look back in time
To your first day

And you, and your sweet desire,
You took me, higher and higher
It's a livin' thing,
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing
What a terrible thing to lose.

Takin' a dive 'cos you can't halt the slide
Floating downstream,
So let her go don't start spoiling the show
It's a bad dream

And you, and your sweet desire,
You took me, higher and higher baby
It's a livin' thing,
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing
What a terrible thing to lose

It's a livin' thing,
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Pop
• 70s
• UK
• ELO
• Electric
• Light
• Orchestra
• Living
• Thing
• 1976
• It's
• a'
• terrible
• thing
• to
• lose
• given
• What
• Sailin'
• away
• on
• the
• crest
• of
• wave
• like
• magic
• Oh
• Rollin'
• and
• ridin'
• slippin'
• slidin'

[TheHeroesdeath]

you know what pisses me off? every freaking song from the 80s or earlier has people either argueing or complining that the music from now sucks and this was so much better. im a 15 year old and i love music from the 40s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, and the music from now! music changes! people have opinions. if you wernt so stuck on music from now sucking, maybe you would like some of it! just love the music and dont put other music down! music is music. now go listen to livin' thing cus its awesome! :)

[168auditt]

16 back then, ELO, Floyd, Queen, Quo, Fleetwood Mac, we didn't know what to listen first, those were the days !!!

[quicktastic]

What happens is that as time goes on, the only music you hear from the past is the best of it. This creates the illusion that everything from that time was great as well. I was thoroughly disgusted with music in the 80's as it was happening. But in hindsight there were some gems mixed in with the crap.

[guitarplayer407]

@TheHeroesdeath

good point, but music today clearly isn't of the quality or caliber of the music of the past.

[MetaReaLizard]

reminds of going on shit holidays to caravan parks in a crappy escort that always broke down.

[hartza1960]

@TheHeroesdeath

Yeah I hope U right but I doub that gangsta rap don't turn millions to sweet dreams after 30 something years. Or I hope so at least.

Have a good life .

[rhodie007]

Simply brilliant music! Then in the 70's and even now!

[acbonness12]

@TheHeroesdeath waaaaaaaaaaaa! get over it.

[apolloton1]

@TheHeroesdeath Ok..Give me some examples of evolved great music of today????Anything as epic as this song or anything else from other decades..Anything..Then you convince me.

[slowdives]

@CoolsPlosed music then was like that; that's why you don't remember them. there's also music being made now that will be remembered in 30 years.

[CoolsPlosed]

@TheHeroesdeath

It's because music in the last 5 years isn't designed to be good, its designed to be catchy and sell, then be forgotten about.

[W4RD1N8ER]

@TheHeroesdeath Hey dude I agree with you when I was a your age I listened to all of this music growing up with my dad he played everything from deep purple to ELO allan parsons project, pinkfloyd and yah I love this song too and all my friends made fun of me cuz I didn't just listen to rap and i was 15 snoop had just made his first album. If you like this song then check out the boogie nights soundtrack full of goodies. you got taste fuck everyone else.