John Kay Live Your Life Lyrics

Live Your Life Lyrics

Words and Music by John Kay







I was raised in the ruins, mama, 'till I was thirteen



Every day I heard the radio



Every night I had the same old dream



To sing a song, oh, baby, to watch my name in lights



If you wanna see your dream come true



Honeychild, you gotta get right down and fight



Well I sailed cross the ocean, girl, I felt so all alone



Many times I thought about goin' right back home



But the Joy I found in song gave me the will to carry on







Live your life the way you want to



Don't let fools lead you astray



Live you dreams so you hold on to



All you need along the way







I was payin' my dues right here in the land of the free



All the time I learned to sing along



I could not speak and I could barely see



Still all the while I knew where I was at



But the people that believed in me



Lord, I could count them all in seconds flat



Well, someday I would be, I knew it all along



A gentleman of leisure, girl, right or wrong



And though my dream has come and gone



There's plenty more where those came from







Repeat Chorus







 1977 Rambunctious Music (ASCAP)