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The Living Daylights (Extended Version)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
a-ha
a-ha
Performer
Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
Guitar
Magne Furuholmen
Magne Furuholmen
Keyboards
Morten Harket
Morten Harket
Lead Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
Songwriter
John Barry
John Barry
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
GERRY KITCHINGHAM
GERRY KITCHINGHAM
Recording Engineer
John Hudson
John Hudson
Mixing Engineer
Alan Tarney
Alan Tarney
Producer

Lyrics

Hey driver, where we're going?
I swear my nerves are showing
Set your hopes up way too high
The living's in the way we die
Comes the morning and the headlights fade away
Hundred thousand people, I'm the one they blame
I've been waiting long for one of us to say
Save the darkness, let it never fade away
Ah, ah, the living daylights
Ah, ah, the living daylights
All right, hold on tight now
It's down, down to the wire
Set your hopes way too high
The living's in the way we die
Comes the morning and the headlights fade away
Hundred thousand changes, everything's the same
I've been waiting long for one of us to say
Save the darkness, let it never fade away
Ah, ah, the living daylights
Ah, ah, the living daylights
Ah, ah, the living daylights
Comes the morning and the headlights fade away
Hundred thousand people, I'm the one they frame
Ah, ah, the living daylights
Ah, ah, the living daylights
Ah, ah, the living daylights
Set your hopes up way too high
The living's in the way we die
...
Written by: John Barry, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy

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