Story Behind The Song
After a bout with cancer, I was really bummed to have to make a living, when all I really wanted to do was LIVE. So, it came to me: "Making a living gets in the way of living, baby."
Song Description
What do you really want in life? Adventure? Love? Sleep? Making a living sure gets in the way of what you really want to do, doesn't it? This song is a meditation on what really matters, with a catchy chorus and nice groove.
| Song Length |
3:05 |
Genre |
Pop - Easy Listening, Rock - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Relaxed, Cool |
Subject |
Life, Money |
| Similar Artists |
Jack Johnson, Jewel |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Making a Living
Do you wanna, do you wanna raise your face up to the sun
Offer yourself up to the power of the heat
Do you wanna do you wanna fly a rocket to the moon
Not coming home until your orbit is complete
World is rushing by and you say time is flying
Spending all your time . . . standing in line
Working 9 to 5, not living more like dying
It's survivin', but you wanna feel alive
Making a living gets in the way of living baby
Making a living gets in the way of living baby
Making a living gets in the way of living baby
It's true
What do you wanna do?
Well, I want you.
Do you wanna, do you wanna sail the seven seas
. . Chase the places in your dreams
Do you wanna, do you wanna plant a little seed
Watch it grow, until you fall asleep?
World is rushing by and you say time is flying
Spending all your time . . . standing in line
Working 9 to 5, not living more like dying
It's survivin', but you wanna feel alive
Making a living gets in the way of living baby
Making a living gets in the way of living baby
Making a living gets in the way of living baby
It's true
What do you wanna do?
Well, I want you.
I just wanna STOP . . . Think a minute.
STOP . . .all the craziness, the business of surface living, wrap my brain around the thesis, notice that my life is precious, find out how to live in earnest, put the stress under the mattress, following a brand new compass. . . .
World is rushing by and you say time is flying
Spending all your time standing in line
Working 9 to 5, not living more like dying
It's surviving, but you wanna feel alive
Making a living gets in the way of living baby
Making a living gets in the way of living baby
Making a living gets in the way of living baby
It's true
What do you wanna do?
Well, I want you.
I just wanna STOP . . . Think a minute.
STOP . . .all the craziness
STOP . . . live in earnest
STOP . . . life is precious
I just want you.
You.
I just want you.