Life Is for Living - Teddy Pendergrass

Well, grey clouds wrapped round the town like elastic Cars stood like toys made of Taiwanese plastic The boy laughed at the spastic dancing around in the rain While laundrettes cleaned clothes, high heals rubbed toes Puddles splashed huddles of bus stop crows Dressed in their suits and their boots, well, they all look the same I took myself down to the cafe to find all The boys lost in books and crackling vinyl And carved out a poem above the urinal that read Don't you cry for the lost Smile for the living Get what you need and give what you're given Life's for the living, so live it Or you're better off dead While the evening pulled the moon out of it's packet Stars shone like buttons on an old man's jacket We needed a nail but we tacked it 'til it fell of the wall While pigeon's pecked trains, sparks flew like planes The rain showed the rainbows in the oil stains And we all had new iPhones but no one had no one to call And I stumbled down to the stomach of the town Where the widow takes memories to slowly drown With a hand to the sky and a mist in her eye, she said Don't you cry for the lost Smile for the living Get what you need and give what you're given Life's for the living so live it Or you're better off dead Well I'm sick of this town, this blind man's forage They take your dreams down and stick them in storage You can have 'em back son When you've paid off your mortgage and loans Oh, hell with this place, I'll go it my own way I'll stick out my thumb and I trudge down the highway Someday someone must be going my way home 'Til then I'll make my bed from a disused car With a mattress of leaves and a blanket of stars And I'll stitch the words into my heart with a needle and thread Don't you cry for the lost Smile for the living Get what you need and give what you're given You know life's for the living so live it Or you're better off dead Don't you cry for the lost Smile for the living Get what you need and give what you're given Life's for the living so live it Or you're better off dead

Everyone's a let down It just depends on how far down they can go In every circle of friends there's a whore The one who flirts And does a little more But who's to say? This is a social scene anyway And everybody wants to explore the new girl Caught up in her own hard liquor world But liquor doesn't exist in my world But liquor doesn't exist in my world And if you lie you don't deserve to have friends If you lie you don't deserve to have them If you lie you don't deserve to have friends If you lie You are a sell out But you couldn't even do that right So your price tag has been slashed And now you're chillin' on a half priced clearance rack You are a sell out But you couldn't even do that right So your price tag has been slashed And now you're chillin' on a half priced clearance rack The social scene where she gets her fix Has been broken since '86 Now just look at that social clique Do you really wanna be a part of it? Let's not let us forget Where she gets the habit She gets the pills from her skills She gets the skills from the pills And just look at that clique Do you really wanna be the star of it? You are a sell out But you couldn't even do that right So your price tag has been slashed And now you're chillin' on a half priced clearance rack You are a sell out But you couldn't even do that right So your price tag has been slashed And now you're chillin' on a half priced clearance rack If you lie you don't deserve to have friends If you lie you don't deserve to have them If you lie you don't deserve to have friends If you lie (Everybody is a let down) (It just depends on how far down they can go) You are a sell out But you couldn't even do that right So your price tag has been slashed And now you're chillin' on a half priced clearance rack You are a sell out But you couldn't even do that right So your price tag has been slashed And now you're chillin' on a half priced clearance rack

Uh, oh man I ain't seen you in a long time Boy come on in man (hey how's it going today?) Sit on down and relax yourself Shoes off I wanna listen I got a song I want you to hear Boy this thing is bad Man, man, I want you to check out this group, okay (is that right?) But hold on one second Put the needle down right here Check it out (Joy) (Joy) It's a joy Joy to be To be near you I want you here with me It's a joy Joy to be To be near you I want you here with me Lady, can't you see just how much you mean to me Get a thrill each time I'm near you I get such a rush, I crave to feel your tender touch Magic moment paradise, oh, baby Life is too damn short to let you get away I'm here to say I need your love, oh, baby There's no greater pleasure than you give to me Hear me, baby, I want you to know It's a joy Joy to be To be near you I want you here with me It's a joy (It's a joy) Joy to be To be near you I want you here with me Darling, don't you know, my heart longs to hold you so Passion burns inside my mind You're my fantasy, no other love can set me free I'm glad to know that you're all mine, mine Sailing through the night, I'll find the certain pleasures A million stars feel like the moon, so full of love Nothin' takes the place of romance since you came But all we need is you and me, baby (you and me) It's a joy Joy to be To be near you I want you here with me It's a joy Joy to be I wanna be near you I want you here with me It's a joy Joy to be To be near you I, I want you here with me It's a joy, oh, baby Joy to be To be near you I want you here with me We're meant to be and I know we can win At times I feel like a kid on a Ferris wheel You make my world go 'round and around So much to live for and I'm livin' it now Joy (Yeah) Joy (Oh yeah) Joy (James, would say) (Tell me what you like) Oh, baby Tell me what you like (Tell me what you like) (I wanna be near you) (So I can feel you) (Tell me what you like) Oh, come let me hold you Come let me squeeze you (Joy) Joy (Joy) Joy to be Come let me kiss you Oh, 'cause I miss you (It's a Joy) Joy (Joy to be) Oh, let me squeeze you Oh, let me tease you (It's a) Joy Joy to be, yeah (To be near you) Have you, baby (I want you here with me) Such a joy (It's a Joy) Oh, joy (Joy to be) Oh, joy (To be near you) Have you, baby (I want you here with me) Oh, joy (It's a Joy) Oh, joy (Joy to be) Oh, yeah (To be near you) Warm my heart, my soul (I want you here with me) My everything, I love you, baby It's a joy, oh, babe Joy to be (Glad you're here with me) To be near you Want you here with me It's a joy (It's a Joy) Oh, joy (Joy to be) Oh, joy