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Artist: Madeleine Peyroux
Canonical path: /madeleine-peyroux/once-in-a-while
Related lyric paths: 6
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Once In a While
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Once In a While
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From bad luck i'm walking away
I'm not getting stuck
I'm not gonna stay
To good things i'm moving ahead
I'm tired of dying
I'm living instead
Once in a while i wake up
Wondering why we gave up
But once in a while
Comes and it fades away
The sun's up and lighting the sky
I never could see it
It just passed me by
Good things keep moving along
I'm not looking backward
For something that's gone
Once in a while
I'll wake up
Wondering why we gave up
But once and a while
Comes and fades away
I don't know what love is
I'm selfish and lazy
And when i get scared i can act like i'm crazy
But when i think of your kisses
I'm still gonna smile
I'm still gonna miss you
Once in a while
Once in a while
Once in a while i'll wake up
Wondering why we gave up
But once in a while
Comes and it fades away
Good things keep moving ahead
I'm tired of dying i'm living instead
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Madeleine Peyroux performs "Once In a While", and this lyric page sits inside the Madeleine Peyroux catalog on LyroVerse.
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