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Live the Dream

from Bread & Circuses by That Joe Payne

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lyrics

Did you lose sight of your passion
When life held you to ransom?
What you live for?
What you live for?
Could you live the dream?

Though the odds aren’t in your favour
Why let ambition waiver?
What you live for?
What you live for?
Could you live the dream?

They might never understand it
So stand up and demand it
Keep on dreaming
And achieving
Show them what it means

Cos life could be easy
It could be everything you need
And you’ll have the world down on their knees
They might be mopping
But you won’t be stopping
Lighting the sky up with every star that you meet

When the loving isn’t tender
Just take time to remember
What you live for
Why you’re here for
You could live the dream

Life throws us some stones
Makes you feel so alone
Then just as you’ve picked yourself up
You can run out of luck
With nowhere to go

Could fate offer a hand
Cos we don’t have a plan
And we’re all just suckers with dreams
With a need to be seen
As suc-cess-ful… but

I’m a sucker
I’m a sucker

I’m a sucker for the needy
And I need you to need me
What you live for?
What you live for?
Could you live for me?

Cos life could be easy
Yeah, it could be everything you need
And you’ll have the world down on their knees
They might be mopping
But you won’t be stopping
Lighting the sky up with every star that you meet

A little bit sleazy
But don’t be afraid to bleed or sweat
You know that they ain’t seen nothing yet
They may be jealous
But you’ll still be zealous
When you’re walking on water
And climbing that mountain
Or falling in flight
Then crashing and drowning
But you won’t stop dreaming
So don’t you stop chasing that dream

When the whole world is against you
Don’t waste the gift god gave you
What you live for?
Why you here for?
Who’d you die for?
You could live that dream

Could you live the dream?

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from Bread & Circuses, released September 22, 2023

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That Joe Payne Northampton, UK

Progressive-Pop solo artist, formally lead vocalist of The Enid. That Joe Payne is also a featured artist on records by Methexis, John Holden, and ZIO.

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