Released: February 25, 1977
Songwriter: Chris East
Producer: Bruce Welch
Right from early days from the moment I was born
I would take my guitar in the early early mornin'
And go down to the fields and play
Sittin' down there in the long grass strummin'
I could see the people from miles around comin'
To hear me sing my music and play
Well that's been my kinda life
My kinda life, yes and I like it
Well that's been my kinda life
My kinda life, yes and I like it
Well that's been my kinda life yeah
And I wouldn't spend it anywhere
Other than sittin' down somewhere
Playin' away my days, yeah
Well we made it to the city just me and my guitar
That was where I found a freaky little bar
I sat there on the stage and play
Well up came a guy who said it wasn't plastic
He wanted me to sing away my life or something drastic
But all I wanna do is play
Well that's been my kinda life
My kinda life, yes and I like it
Well that's been my kinda life
My kinda life, yes and I like it
Well that's been my kinda life yeah
And I wouldn't spend it anywhere
Other than sittin' down somewhere
Playin' away my days, just playin'
Play it
Well fame and fortune I've let them pass me by
No one in the country could say I didn't try
To turn the people and to play
You can keep all the money and the places that go with it
'Cause all I want is freedom and no cash could ever get it
All I wanna do is play
Well that's been my kinda life
My kinda life, yes and I like it
Well that's been my kinda life
My kinda life, yes and I like it
That's been my kinda life yeah
And I wouldn't spend it anywhere
Other than sittin' down somewhere
Playin' away my days, yeah
My kinda life, yeah
My kinda life, yeah
My kinda life, yeah
I would take my guitar in the early early mornin'
And go down to the fields and play
Sittin' down there in the long grass strummin'
I could see the people from miles around comin'
To hear me sing my music and play
Well that's been my kinda life
My kinda life, yes and I like it
Well that's been my kinda life
My kinda life, yes and I like it
Well that's been my kinda life yeah
And I wouldn't spend it anywhere
Other than sittin' down somewhere
Playin' away my days, yeah
Well we made it to the city just me and my guitar
That was where I found a freaky little bar
I sat there on the stage and play
Well up came a guy who said it wasn't plastic
He wanted me to sing away my life or something drastic
But all I wanna do is play
Well that's been my kinda life
My kinda life, yes and I like it
Well that's been my kinda life
My kinda life, yes and I like it
Well that's been my kinda life yeah
And I wouldn't spend it anywhere
Other than sittin' down somewhere
Playin' away my days, just playin'
Play it
Well fame and fortune I've let them pass me by
No one in the country could say I didn't try
To turn the people and to play
You can keep all the money and the places that go with it
'Cause all I want is freedom and no cash could ever get it
All I wanna do is play
Well that's been my kinda life
My kinda life, yes and I like it
Well that's been my kinda life
My kinda life, yes and I like it
That's been my kinda life yeah
And I wouldn't spend it anywhere
Other than sittin' down somewhere
Playin' away my days, yeah
My kinda life, yeah
My kinda life, yeah
My kinda life, yeah
more tracks from the album
Every Face Tells a Story
- Give Me Love Your Way
- Try a Smile
- No One Waits
- Nothing Left for Me to Say
- Must Be Love
- Every Face Tells a Story (It Never Tells a Lie)
- Spider Man
- You Got Me Wondering
- Don’t Turn the Light Out
- When Two Worlds Drift Apart
- It’ll Be Me Babe
- My Kinda Life
- Hey Mr. Dream Maker
- Up in the World
- That’s Why I Love You
From the albums
- Every Face Tells a Story (1977)
- The Whole Story: His Greatest Hits (2000)
Cliff Richard popular songs
- Congratulations
- Devil Woman
- Visions
- We Don’t Talk Anymore
- Ocean Deep
- Shine, Jesus, Shine
- Constantly
- Mistletoe & Wine
- Spider Man
- Power to All Our Friends
- With A Girl Like You
- Ich träume deine träume
- Daddy’s Home
- Every Face Tells a Story (It Never Tells a Lie)
- Little Bitty Pretty One
- Blueberry Hill
- I Wish We’d All Been Ready
- In the Country
- When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your Heart
- Better Than I Know Myself
- All I Ask of You
- Peace in Our Time
- Thief in the Night
- Shout