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Artist: Daryl Hall & John Oates
Canonical path: /daryl-hall-john-oates/head-above-water
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Head Above Water
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Head Above Water
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Oceans emotions yeah we all feel the same
Afraid of undertow and great tidal wave
may go under many hundred of times
keep on kickin', baby throw me a line
C.C. Sick, Mai de Mer
Try, try, try I'm holding on, holding my
Chorus:
Head above water
It's so hard to keep my Head Above Water
No never envy the big fish in da Pond
It's deep and dark when all the surface is gone
My kind of humor kind of keeping me dry
On the horizon, water touches the sky
C. C. Sick, Mal de Mer
Try, try, try I'm holding on, holding my
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