Robbie Williams

Released: April 14, 1997

Songwriter: Desmond Child Eric Bazilian Robbie Williams

Producer: Steve Power Guy Chambers

[Verse 1]
She's taking me places I should never have been
She's showing me faces I should never have seen
Well these are strange days we're living in today
C'est la vie I say

[Chorus]
I hope I'm old before I die
I hope I live to relive the days gone by
I hope I'm old before I die
But tonight I'm gonna live for today
So come along for the ride
I hope I'm old before I die

[Verse 2]
She's not feeling stable, she's unable to breathe
Her heart's beating faster so I'll ask her to leave
These are strange days we're living in today
Am I straight or gay?

[Chorus]
I hope I'm old before I die
I hope I live to see the day the Pope gets high
I hope I'm old before I die
Well tonight I'm gonna live for today
So come along for the ride
I hope I'm old before I die

[Bridge]
Well these are strange days we're living in today
C'est la vie I say, I say. I say

[Chorus]
I hope I'm old before I die
I hope I live to relive the days gone by
I hope I'm old before I die
But tonight I'm gonna live for today
So come along for the ride
I hope I'm old before I die
I hope I'm old before I die
Old before I die
Old before, old before I die and die and die and die
Old before I die
Old before I die

One of Britain’s biggest pop acts, Robbie Williams is an English singer-songwriter. He originally rose to fame in boy band Take That but left the group in 1995 to pursue a solo career.

He released his debut album, Life Thru a Lens, in 1997. Although slow to take off, after the success of single “Angels”, the album rose to No.1 in the UK charts. Then his second album, I’ve Been Expecting You, became an even bigger success. Released in 1998, it produced hits “Millennium”, “Strong” and “She’s the One”.

His success continued on third album Sing When You’re Winning, released in 2000, which contains hits “Rock DJ”, “Kids” and “Supreme”; fourth album Swing When You’re Winning (2001) a compilation of big band standards, with single “Somethin' Stupid”; fifth album Escapology (2002), which contains the hit “Feel”; sixth album Intensive Care (2005) with hits “Tripping” and “Sin Sin Sin”.

more tracks from the album

Life thru a Lens

From the albums

Life thru a Lens (1997)
The Ego Has Landed (1999)
Sing When You’re Alive (2001)
What I Did in Cologne (2004)
Greatest Hits (2004)
In and Out of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990–2010 (2010)

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