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Lou Rawls - Pure Imagination (Official PhillySound)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Lou Rawls
Lou Rawls
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Leslie Bricusse
Leslie Bricusse
Songwriter
Anthony Newley
Anthony Newley
Songwriter
Dexter Wansel
Dexter Wansel
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Dexter Wansel
Dexter Wansel
Producer
Carl Paruolo
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Engineer
Jay Mark
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Engineer
Jim Gallagher
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Engineer
Joe Tarsia
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Engineer

Lyrics

[Intro]
Hold your breath, make a wish
Now count to three
[Verse 1]
Come with me and you'll be
In a world of pure imagination
Take a look and you'll see
Into your imagination
We'll begin with a spin
Traveling in the world of my creation
What we'll see will defy explanation
[Refrain]
If you wanna view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Wanna change the world
There's nothing to it
[Verse 2]
There is no life I know
To compare with pure imagination
Living there, you'll be free
If you truly want to be
[Instrumental]
If you wanna view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
You wanna change the world
There's nothing to it
[Verse 3]
There is no life I know
To compare with pure imagination
Living there, you'll be free
If you truly want to be
[Verse 4]
Come with me and you'll be
In a world of pure imagination
Take a look and you'll see
Into your imagination
You'll begin with a spin
Traveling in a world of my creation
What we'll see will defy explanation
[Refrain]
If you wanna view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
You wanna change the world
There's nothing to it
[Verse 5]
There is no life that I know
To compare with pure imagination
Living there, you'll be free
If you truly want to be
[Outro]
Come on, come on, go with me
You wanna see something funny
Have a lot of fun?
Come on, let's go
Let's try our own imagination
See where we can go with it today, alright?
Hey, take me by the hand
Let's run through the little, little little
Little, little, little funny land
Come on, come on, come on, let's go to imagination
Written by: Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse

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