Good Life

Album: Waking Up (2010)
Charted: 8
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  • Woke up in London yesterday
    Found myself in the city near Piccadilly
    Don't really know how I got here
    I got some pictures on my phone
    New names and numbers that I don't know
    Address to places like Abbey Road
    Day turns to night, night turns to whatever we want
    We're young enough to say

    Oh, this has gotta be the good life
    This has gotta be the good life
    This could really be a good life, good life
    Say oh, got this feeling that you can't fight
    Like this city is on fire tonight
    This could really be a good life
    A good, good life

    Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

    To my friends in New York, I say hello
    My friends in L.A., they don't know
    Where I've been for the past few years or so
    Paris to China to Colorado
    Sometimes there's airplanes I can't jump out
    Sometimes there's bullshit that don't work now
    We all got our stories but please tell me
    What there is to complain about?

    When you're happy like a fool
    Let it take you over
    When everything is out
    You gotta take it in

    Oh, this has gotta be the good life
    This has gotta be the good life
    This could really be a good life, good life
    Say oh, got this feeling that you can't fight
    Like this city is on fire tonight
    This could really be a good life
    A good, good life

    Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
    Oh, a good, good life
    Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
    Yeah, oh

    Hopelessly
    I feel like there might be something that I'll miss
    Hopelessly
    I feel like the window closes oh so quick
    Hopelessly
    I'm taking a mental picture of you now
    'Cause hopelessly
    The hope is we have so much to feel good about

    Oh, this has gotta be the good life
    This has gotta be the good life
    This could really be a good life, good life
    Say oh, got this feeling that you can't fight
    Like this city is on fire tonight
    This could really be a good life
    A good, good life

    Oh, yeah, good, good life, good life
    Ooh
    Whoa-whoa, listen

    To my friends in New York, I say hello
    My friends in L.A., they don't know
    Where I've been for the past few years or so
    Paris to China to Colorado
    Sometimes there's airplanes I can't jump out
    Sometimes there's bullshit that don't work now
    We all got our stories but please tell me
    What there is to complain about? Writer/s: Brent Michael Kutzle, Eddie Ray Fisher, Noel Patrick Zancanella, Ryan Tedder
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Arti from Toronto, Onthis song is the theme song for Rookie Blue ! <3
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