Lush Life

Album: So Good (2015)
Charted: 3 40
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  • I live my day as if it was the last
    Live my day as if there was no past
    Doin' it all night, all summer
    Doin' it the way I wanna
    Yeah, I'ma dance my heart out 'til the dawn
    But I won't be done when morning comes
    Doin' it all night, all summer
    Gonna spend it like no other

    It was a crush
    But I couldn't, couldn't get enough
    It was a rush
    But I gave it up
    It was a crush
    Now I might have went and said too much
    But that's all it was
    So I gave it up

    I live my day as if it was the last
    Live my day as if there was no past
    Doin' it all night, all summer
    Doin' it the way I wanna
    Yeah, I'ma dance my heart out 'til the dawn
    But I won't be done when morning comes
    Doin' it all night, all summer
    Gonna spend it like no other

    It was a crush
    I kept saying I'ma stay in touch
    But that thing went bust
    So I gave it up, ooh
    No tricks, no bluff
    I'm just better off without them cuffs
    Yeah, the sun won't set on us
    Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, yeah, yeah

    Went low, went high
    Still waters run dry
    Gotta get back in the groove
    I ain't ever worried
    Went low, went high
    What matters is now
    Getting right back in the mood

    I live my day as if it was the last
    Live my day as if there was no past
    Doin' it all night, all summer
    Doin' it the way I wanna
    Yeah, I'ma dance my heart out 'til the dawn
    But I won't be done when morning comes
    Doin' it all night, all summer
    Gonna spend it like no other

    Now I've found another crush
    The lush life giving me a rush
    Had one chance to make me blush
    Second time is one too late
    Now I've found another crush
    The lush life giving me a rush
    Had one chance to make me blush
    Second time is one too late

    Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

    I live my day as if it was the last
    Live my day as if there was no past
    Doin' it all night, all summer
    Doin' it the way I wanna
    Yeah, I'ma dance my heart out 'til the dawn
    But I won't be done when morning comes
    Doin' it all night, all summer
    Gonna spend it like no other

    Now I've found another crush
    The lush life giving me a rush
    Had one chance to make me blush
    Second time is one too late
    Now I've found another crush
    The lush life giving me a rush
    Had one chance to make me blush
    Second time is one too late Writer/s: Emanuel Abrahamsson, Iman Conta Hultén, Linnea Södahl, Markus Sepehrmanesh
    Publisher: Audiam, Inc., CTM Outlander Music LC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • St*r from EnglandM from LA's comment could be interpreted as them saying that Songfacts have described the song badly, but (to avoid any confusion), Billy Strayhorn's "Lush Life" is a very different song in everything but title. Zara Larsson's song definitely isn't a jazz standard, and is a lot more recent.
  • M from Los AngelesLush Life was written between 1933 and 1936 by Billy Strayhorn and released in 1948; and it is a jazz standard. It is not about fun and a lavish life. Rather, it is about the the loss of a love and the downward spiral into alcohol and the dive bar scene.
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