Intro: Verse: 1 Sailin' away on the crest of a wave It's like magic Oh, rollin' and ridin', slippin' & sliding, it's magic and you, and your sweet desire, you took me, oh, higher and higher baby, It's a livin' thing, It's a terrible thingtolose It's a given thing What a terrible thingtolose 2nd Intro: Verse: 2 Making believe this is what you've conceived from your worst day, (I'm takin a dive) Oh, moving in line when you look back in time to the first day, (I'm taken, I'm taken) and you, and your sweet desire, you took me, oh, higher and higher baby, It's a livin' thing, It's a terrible thingtolose It's a given thing What a terrible thingtolose Bridge: I'm takin a dive off the stage, Hey! Verse: 3 Takin' a dive 'cause you can't halt the slide floatingdownstream, (I'm takin a dive) ah, so let her go, don't start spoiling the show it's a baddream, (I'm takin', I'm takin') and you, and your sweet desire, you took me, oh, higher and higher baby, It's a livin' thing, It's a terrible thingtolose It's a given thing What a terrible thingtolose Chorus Coda: I'm takin a dive off the stage
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