Watch the early morning sun
Drip like blood from the day
See the busy people run
So many games to play
See the blue suburban dream
Under the jet plane sky
Sleep away and dream a dream
Life is just a lullaby

Oh, and everything will flow
Oh, you know everything will flow
Oh

Watch the day begin again
Whispering into the night
See the pretty people play
Hurrying under the light
A million cars, a million trains,
Under the jet plane sky
Nothing lost and nothing gained
Life is just a lullaby

Oh, and everything will flow
Oh, I said everything will flow
Oh, you know everything will flow
Oh

Oh, and everything will flow
Oh, you know everything will flow
Oh

The neon lights in the night tonight
Will say "everything will flow"
The stars that shine in the open sky
Will say "everything will flow"
The lovers kissed with an openness
Will say "everything will flow"
The cars parked in the hypermarket
Know "everything will flow"


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Everything Will Flow Lyrics as written by Richard John Oakes Brett Lewis Anderson

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    the fluid of motion and the poetry within it.

    Rollo & Sister Bliss's (of Faithless) Club Mix is pretty decent, too!

    roger wilcoon May 17, 2002   Link
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    "Sleep away and dream and dream Life is just a lullaby" that's like the most philosophic i have ever heard!

    don_rosaon July 11, 2002   Link
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    I find this song very comforting for some reason. It's like it's saying that you may have a dull, normal, life, but don't worry, it's all good. The neon lights and stars are with you.

    The dance version is a blast!

    Superblaston July 02, 2004   Link
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    I used to hate this song a lot while I was still a teenybopper, but my dad loved this song a lot, so I would always argue with him. Now, as I grow up, I like this song more and more. Quite an uplifting song, and different from the "angsty songs" we get nowadays that remind us how bad life sucks.

    paulxneon September 19, 2005   Link
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    I think this might borrow some ideas from the Taoist notion that nature flows like a river (where the saying 'go with the flow' comes from).

    Ad_Nauseamon April 15, 2008   Link
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    A very calming song!

    Voryaon September 20, 2010   Link

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