Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Wynonna Judd
Canonical path: /judd-wynonna/what-it-takes
Related lyric paths: 6
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What it Takes
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What it Takes
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I wanna walk
To no particular destination
I wanna talk
When I got the inclination
I wanna move
When I got the locomotion
I'm gonna do just what it takes
To keep this smile on my face
I wanna drive my car
Wherever they're driving faster
I wanna sail the ship
As long as I can be the master
I wanna ride the rails
On my own roller coaster
I'm gonna do just what it takes
To keep this smile on my face
[Chorus]
I was born to be this way
Never save for a rainy day
I just like to make it my own way
I wanna be the first to say
Don't wanna work real hard
If it means that I ain't livin'
Don't wanna go through life
If there's no room for gettin'
Don't wanna stand here long
If it just means I'm a waiting
I'm gonna do just what it takes
To keep this smile on my face
[Repeat Chorus]
Don't wanna change my ways
If there ain't no good reason
Don't wanna change my mind
Without any rhyme or reason
Don't wanna be one way
I got to change like a season
I'm gonna do what it takes
To keep this smile on my face
I'm gonna do what it takes
To keep this smile on my face
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Wynonna Judd performs "What it Takes", and this lyric page sits inside the Wynonna Judd catalog on LyroVerse.
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