Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Guided By Voices
Canonical path: /guided-by-voices/once-in-a-while
Related lyric paths: 6
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Once In A While
Read Once In A While lyrics by Guided By Voices on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Once In A While
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Once in a while
I feel afraid things won't work out right
Once in a while
I lose my desire to stand up for the fight
Did you notice that
When we were walking down the street
I didn't look
At all the people passing by
So happy and content
With the ones who run their lives
Did you notice that
We don't notice what's real
We look away
From all the plans that we have
It's getting hard to see
There's so much in the way
Now I know it's not so impossible
Now I know we can go
Back to where we were
We're back to where we'll be
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Guided By Voices performs "Once In A While", and this lyric page sits inside the Guided By Voices catalog on LyroVerse.
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