Sweet Life

Album: Singer of Songs, Teller of Tales (1978)
Charted: 17
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Songfacts®:

  • This is a song about a young husband and new father who is thrilled about his station in life, in spite of financial problems and things that didn't always go as planned. There were a number of songs with this theme in the mid and late 1970s, as baby boomers were becoming parents themselves. The song "Having My Baby" by Paul Anka is an example. >>
    Suggestion credit:
    Mike - Santa Barbara, CA

Comments: 2

  • Bruce B. from San Jose, Calif.,I loved this song as a teen when it came out....to me, it just encapsulated the misty feeling of being in love
  • Dean from Birmingham, AlOne of my favorite songs from my high school years in Birmingham, Alabama.
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