Listen to Live Before We Die by Nathan Lane & Bebe Neuwirth

Live Before We Die

Nathan Lane & Bebe Neuwirth

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Live Before We Die (2010 Original Cast Recording from The Addams Family Musical on Broadway)

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Nathan Lane

Performer

Bebe Neuwirth

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Andrew Lippa

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Andrew Lippa

Producer

Frank Filipetti

Frank Filipetti

Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Let's live before we die

Let's laugh before we cry

Let's hold each other tight and dance

Let's try before we fail

Let's fly before we bail

Let's keep things black and white, and dance

[Verse 2]

The world we see

Can only be our friend

If you and me

Keep dancing till the end

Can't we see eye to eye

And oversimplify?

Let's live before we die and dance

[Verse 3]

I've never been inclined

To leave the past behind

[Verse 4]

Let's stay right where we are and dance

[Verse 5]

If like a castanet

We'll click with no regret

[Verse 6]

Let's find the evening star and dance

[Verse 7]

The place we're in

Can never be what was

Till we begin

To do what dancing does

[Verse 8]

Don't leave me high and dry

But can't you see that I

Say live before we die, and

[Verse 9]

If time is ticking by

Then maybe we should try

To face it as a pair and dance

[Verse 10]

Although we're lost

We're drifting out to sea

But side by side

We're gloomy as can be

[Verse 11]

As gloomy as can be

If you can take my hand

Then surely we can stand

To live before we die

[Verse 12]

And dance

Written by: Andrew Lippa

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