Living thing (taking a dive)

WV2181/2025

Ecoline ink and faber-castell coloured pencils on Steinbach paper.

 

"Sailin' away on the crest of a wave

It's like magic

Oh, rollin' and riding and slipping and sliding

It's magic

 

And you, and your sweet desire

You took me, ooh, oh, 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

 

I'm taking a dive

Dive, dive, dive

 

Making believe this is what you've conceived

From your worst day

I'm taking a dive

Oh, moving in line then you look back in time

To the first day

I'm taking, I'm taking

 

And you and your sweet desire

(Don't you do it, don't you do it)

You took me

Oh, higher and higher, baby

 

It's a living thing

It's a terrible thing to lose

It's a given thing

What a terrible thing to lose

 

(And I'm taking a dive on the slide hey)

 

Takin' a dive 'cause you can't halt the slide

Floating downstream

(I'm taking a dive)

Oh, so let her go don't start spoiling the show

It's a bad dream

(I'm taking, I'm taking)

 

And you and your sweet desire

(Don't you do it, don't you do it)

You took me

Oh, higher and higher, baby

 

It's a living thing

It's a terrible thing to lose

It's a given thing

What a terrible thing to lose

 

It's a living thing

It's a terrible thing to lose

It's a given thing

What a terrible thing to lose..."

 

LIVIN' THING - Electric Light Orchestra, 1976.

 

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