Released: December 4, 2001
Songwriter: Nicky Ryan Enya
Producer: Nicky Ryan
[Verse 1]
Ever close your eyes
Ever stop and listen
Ever feel alive
And you've nothing missing
You don't need a reason
Let the day go on and on
[Verse 2]
Let the rain fall down
Everywhere around you
Give into it now
Let the day surround you
You don't need a reason
Let the rain go on and on
[Instrumental Hook]
[Chorus]
What a day, what a day to take to
What a way, what a way to make it through
What a day, what a day to take to
A wild child
[Verse 3]
Only take the time
From the helter skelter
Every day you find
Everything's in kilter
You don't need a reason
Let the day go on and on
[Verse 4]
Every summer sun
Every winter evening
Every spring to come
Every autumn leaving
You don't need a reason
Let it all go on and on
[Instrumental Hook]
[Chorus]
What a day, what a day to take to
What a way, what a way to make it through
What a day, what a day to take to
A wild child
[Chorus]
What a day, what a day to take to
What a way, what a way to make it through
What a day, what a day to take to
A wild child
[Interlude]
[Outro]
What a day, what a day to take to
What a way, what a way to make it through
What a day, what a day to take to
Da-da-da, da-da-da da da-da
What a way, what a way to make it through
Da-da-da, da-da-da da da-da
Da-da-da, da-da-da da da-da
What a way, what a way to make it through
What a day, what a day to take to
A wild child
What a day, what a day to take to
A wild child
Ever close your eyes
Ever stop and listen
Ever feel alive
And you've nothing missing
You don't need a reason
Let the day go on and on
[Verse 2]
Let the rain fall down
Everywhere around you
Give into it now
Let the day surround you
You don't need a reason
Let the rain go on and on
[Instrumental Hook]
[Chorus]
What a day, what a day to take to
What a way, what a way to make it through
What a day, what a day to take to
A wild child
[Verse 3]
Only take the time
From the helter skelter
Every day you find
Everything's in kilter
You don't need a reason
Let the day go on and on
[Verse 4]
Every summer sun
Every winter evening
Every spring to come
Every autumn leaving
You don't need a reason
Let it all go on and on
[Instrumental Hook]
[Chorus]
What a day, what a day to take to
What a way, what a way to make it through
What a day, what a day to take to
A wild child
[Chorus]
What a day, what a day to take to
What a way, what a way to make it through
What a day, what a day to take to
A wild child
[Interlude]
[Outro]
What a day, what a day to take to
What a way, what a way to make it through
What a day, what a day to take to
Da-da-da, da-da-da da da-da
What a way, what a way to make it through
Da-da-da, da-da-da da da-da
Da-da-da, da-da-da da da-da
What a way, what a way to make it through
What a day, what a day to take to
A wild child
What a day, what a day to take to
A wild child
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- Caribbean Blue
- Na Laetha Geal M’Óige
- Athair ar Neamh
- Deora Ar Mo Chroí
- Pax Deorum
- Eclipse
- The First of Autumn
- A Day Without Rain
- Song of the Sandman (Lullaby)
- Tempus Vernum
- The Memory of Trees
- Willows on the Water
- No Holly for Miss Quinn
- Tea-House Moon
- The Sun in the Stream
- Miss Clare Remembers
- Lothlórien
- Boadicea
- River
- Oíche Chiúin
- Afer Ventus
- May It Be
- Isobella
- Lazy Days
- How Can I Keep From Singing?
- The Longships
- Evening Falls...
- Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)
- Exile
- Storms in Africa
- On Your Shore
- March of the Celts
- I Want Tomorrow
- Aldebaran
- Ebudæ
- Book of Days
- One by One
- Fallen Embers
- Flora’s Secret
- Only Time
- Wild Child
- Hope Has a Place
- China Roses
- Anywhere Is
- Marble Halls
- Evacuee
- The Celts
- A Day Without Rain (2000)
- Themes from Calmi Cuori Appassionati (2001)
- Wild Child (2001)
- Only Time: The Collection (2002)
- The Very Best of Enya (Deluxe) (2009)
- The Very Best of Enya (2009)
- Only Time
- May It Be
- Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)
- So I Could Find My Way
- Caribbean Blue
- Echoes in Rain
- One by One
- The Humming
- Wild Child
- Anywhere Is
- Dark Sky Island
- Boadicea
- The Celts
- Aldebaran
- I Want Tomorrow
- March of the Celts
- Triad
- On Your Shore
- Storms in Africa
- Exile
- Evening Falls...
- The Longships
- Storms in Africa (Part II)
- How Can I Keep From Singing?