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Artist: Count Basie
Canonical path: /count-basie/as-long-as-i-live
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As Long as I Live
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As Long as I Live
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Maybe I can't live to love you as long as I want to
Life isn't long enough baby, but I can love you as long as I live
Maybe I can't give you diamonds and things like I want to
But I can promise you, baby, I'm gonna want to as long as I live
I never cared, but now I'm scared, I won't live long enough
That's why I wear my rubbers when it rains and eat an apple every day then see the doctor anyway
What if I can't live to love you as long as I want to
Long as I promise you, baby, I'm gonna love you as long I live
I'll even wear long underwear, when winter breezes blow
I'm gonna take good care of me because, a sneeze or two might mean the flu
And that would never never do
What if I can't live to love you as long as I want to
Long as I promise you, baby, I'm gonna love you as long I live
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