Songwriter: B.J. Cook Foster Denny Shaw Bill LaBounty Robbie Dupree
Producer: Robbie Dupree
[Verse 1]
I came across a photograph
That reminded me of how we used to laugh
I'm looking now through different eyes
At all I took for granted, won't someone tell me why?
[Pre-Chorus]
You got to lose it to know how much it's worth
We're only given so much time upon this earth
[Chorus]
This is life, this is very precious life
Don't go throwing it away
This is life, everybody's got the right
Hold on to it, it's a gift you can't replace
[Verse 2]
I call your name, but you're not there
Tell me why the world goes on when it's not fair
And how a broken heart survives
Oh, I might be letting go now, but I'll never say goodbye
[Pre-Chorus]
I am stronger now with every breath I take
This isn't just another careless twist of fate, no
[Chorus]
This is life, this is very precious life
Don't go throwing it away
This is life, everybody's got the right
Hold on to it, it's a gift you can't replace
[Pre-Chorus]
You got to lose it to know how much it's worth
We're only given so much time upon this earth
[Chorus]
This is life, this is very precious life
Don't go throwing it away
This is life, everybody's got the right
Hold on to it, it's a gift you can't replace
[Outro]
This is life, this is very precious life
(Very precious life)
This is life, this is very precious
Hold on to it, it's a gift you can't replace
This is life
This is very precious (Got to hold on)
This is life (Hold on)
Hold on to it
This is very precious
This is life (Very precious life, got to hold on)
This is very precious
This is life
This is very precious
I came across a photograph
That reminded me of how we used to laugh
I'm looking now through different eyes
At all I took for granted, won't someone tell me why?
[Pre-Chorus]
You got to lose it to know how much it's worth
We're only given so much time upon this earth
[Chorus]
This is life, this is very precious life
Don't go throwing it away
This is life, everybody's got the right
Hold on to it, it's a gift you can't replace
[Verse 2]
I call your name, but you're not there
Tell me why the world goes on when it's not fair
And how a broken heart survives
Oh, I might be letting go now, but I'll never say goodbye
[Pre-Chorus]
I am stronger now with every breath I take
This isn't just another careless twist of fate, no
[Chorus]
This is life, this is very precious life
Don't go throwing it away
This is life, everybody's got the right
Hold on to it, it's a gift you can't replace
[Pre-Chorus]
You got to lose it to know how much it's worth
We're only given so much time upon this earth
[Chorus]
This is life, this is very precious life
Don't go throwing it away
This is life, everybody's got the right
Hold on to it, it's a gift you can't replace
[Outro]
This is life, this is very precious life
(Very precious life)
This is life, this is very precious
Hold on to it, it's a gift you can't replace
This is life
This is very precious (Got to hold on)
This is life (Hold on)
Hold on to it
This is very precious
This is life (Very precious life, got to hold on)
This is very precious
This is life
This is very precious
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Carried Away (1989)
Robbie Dupree popular songs
- Steal Away
- Hot Rod Hearts
- Brooklyn Girls
- Street Corner Heroes
- All Night Long
- Free Fallin’
- I’ll Be the Fool Again
- Are You Ready for Love
- Saturday Night
- Missing You
- Long Goodbye
- This Is Life
- Talk to You
- Shadows on the Wall
- In Real Life
- Emotion
- Carried Away
- Tears
- The Hurting Game
- Miracle Mile
- Real World
- Truly Amazing
- Smoke and Mirrors
- Person to Person