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I WANT TO LIVE

I want to live

Figuring out where it all comes from
Ignoring the beat of the drum
Looking for an answer I can give
Trying to understand my youth
Reading self-help books to find the truth
I didn’t forget about anything but to live

I want to live

I asked myself a thousand times
When will these bells cease to chime
The answer it is blowing in the wind
And it becomes a bit pathetic now
Even the doctors don’t know how
Can anybody give me some kind of hint
About how to live
Cause I want to live
I want to live

Now that the lights are being dimmed
It’s high time for some kind of hymn
A hymn to the beauty that sustains
So I summon up all my courage now
Open the curtains, take a bow
And join in song repeating the refrain
Cause I want to live
I want to live
I want to live
I want to live
I want to live
I want to live
I want to live
I want to live
I want to live
I want to live

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from Looking For A Place To Stay, released May 6, 2021
Antonio José Iglesias: percussion
Ivar Vermeulen: piano, bass, organ, reggae guitar
Rick Treffers: vocals, guitars, beats, sounds, Rhodes

Music and words by Rick Treffers
Recorded and produced by Rick Treffers
Mastered by Alex Psaroudakis

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Rick Treffers Netherlands

Rick Treffers (1967) is a Dutch songwriter, singer, musician and producer, releasing albums since 1995 as Mist, El Turista Optimista, Miss Universe, Girlfriend Misery and now as Rick Treffers. In 2018 he published his first novel (in Dutch) Ik wou dat ik jouw leven had. New album in 2024: The Opposite Of Never.
File under: singer-songwriter, indie pop, indie folk, new chanson. ... more

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