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The Living Daylights

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

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Performer

Paul Waaktaar-Savoy

Paul Waaktaar-Savoy

Guitar

Magne Furuholmen

Magne Furuholmen

Keyboards

Morten Harket

Lead Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Paul Waaktaar-Savoy

Paul Waaktaar-Savoy

Songwriter

John Barry

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

GERRY KITCHINGHAM

GERRY KITCHINGHAM

Recording Engineer

John Hudson

Mixing Engineer

Alan Tarney

Producer

Al Turney

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Hey driver, where we going?

I swear my nerves are showing

Set your hopes up way too high

The living's in the way we die

[Verse 2]

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"

[Verse 3]

Hey, the living daylights

Oh, the living daylights (The living daylights)

[Verse 4]

All right, hold on tight now

It's down, down to the wire

Set your hopes up way too high

The living's in the way we die

[Verse 5]

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"

[Verse 6]

Hey, the living daylights

Hey, the living daylights (The living daylights)

Hey, the living daylights (The living daylights)

[Verse 7]

Away

Comes the morning and the headlights fade away

Hundred thousand people, I'm the one they blame

[Verse 8]

Hey, the living daylights

Hey, the living daylights (The living daylights)

Hey, the living daylights (The living daylights)

[Verse 9]

(Set your hopes up way too high)

(The living's in the way we die)

(Set your hopes up way too high)

(The living's in the way we die)

[Verse 10]

(Set your hopes up way too high)

Hey driver, where we going?

(The living's in the way we die)

(Set your hopes up way too high)

I swear my nerves are showing

(The living's in the way we die)

Written by: John Barry, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy

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