How Do I Live

Album: You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs (1997)
Charted: 7 2
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  • How do I get through one night without you
    If I had to live without you
    What kinda life would that be
    Oh I, I need you in my arms, need you to hold
    You're my world, my heart, my soul

    If you ever leave
    Well, baby you would take away everything
    Good in my life
    And tell me now

    How do I live without you?
    I want to know
    How do I breathe without you?
    If you ever go
    How do I ever, ever survive
    How do I, how do I, oh how do I live

    Without you
    There'd be no sun in my sky
    There would be no love in my life
    There'd be no world left for me

    And I, well baby, I don't know what I would do
    I'd be lost if I lost you

    If you ever leave
    Well, baby you would take away everything
    Real in my life
    And tell me now

    How do I live without you
    I want to know
    How do I breathe without you
    If you ever go
    How do I ever, ever survive
    How do I, how do I, oh how do I live

    Please tell me baby how do I go on

    If you ever leave
    Well, baby you would take away everything
    Need you with me
    Baby don't you know that you're everything
    Good in my life

    And tell me now
    How do I live without you
    I want to know
    How do I breathe without you
    If you ever go
    How do I ever, ever survive
    How do I, how do I, oh how do I live

    How do I live without you?
    How do I live without you, baby?
    How do I live Writer/s: Diane Warren
    Publisher: Realsongs
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Mark from CaliforniaLeAnn Rimes' version of "How Do I Live" peaked at #2 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart on 13 December 1997 for four non-consecutive weeks; during the weeks of 13 December, 20 December, and 27 December of that year, the first three weeks of when this version was at the #2 runner-up position, the #1 record for those three weeks was Elton John's "Candle In The Wind 1997/Something About The Way You Look Tonight". Savage Garden's "Truly Madly Deeply" was the #1 record for the week of 24 January 1998 when "How Do I Live" would again occupy the #2 spot for a fourth non-consecutive week.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyWas nominated for Best Song at the 1997 Academy Awards {Lost to "My Heart Will Go On" from the movie "Titanic"}!!!
  • Theresa from Murfreesboro, TnThis song bugs me but at least Leann sings it good.
  • Dylan from Cincinnati, OhYou Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs was actually released in 1997.
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