High life
I've got a boat to sail on the ocean
I've got a boat to take to the sea
I've got a picture of my lover in my pocket
so that everywhere I go, she's with me
I've got a job that I like, and that's a rare thing
I've got a mind of my own, I surely do
I've got a brother I can trust with a secret
and a bed that's kind of lonely without you
I've got a lot of things that make me quite happy
and in the scheme of it all I shouldn't complain
but I haven't got much, babe
no, I haven't got much at all if I haven't got you
I've got a memory of sunny beaches from my childhood
I've got a friend who makes me laugh from deep within
I've got a feeling I can make it on my own here
I miss the feeling of my lips upon your skin
I've got a lot of things that make me quite happy
and in the scheme of it all I shouldn't complain
but I haven't got much, babe
no, I haven't got much at all if I haven't got you
it's that something that everybody's waiting on
it's that something that they might never find
when we're all just wishing we could live like movie stars
there's that someone who gives you stars inside
I've got a boat to sail on the ocean
but what fun is a boat when I'm sailing alone
I've got a tendency to look on the dim side
when all I'm asking is for you to come home
I've got a lot of things that make me quite happy
and in the scheme of it all I shouldn't complain
but I haven't got much, babe
no, I haven't got much at all if I haven't got you
no, I haven't got much
I haven't got much, babe, if I haven't got you
no, I haven't got much if I haven't got you (x2)
I haven't got much at all if I haven't got you
I've got a boat to take to the sea
I've got a picture of my lover in my pocket
so that everywhere I go, she's with me
I've got a job that I like, and that's a rare thing
I've got a mind of my own, I surely do
I've got a brother I can trust with a secret
and a bed that's kind of lonely without you
I've got a lot of things that make me quite happy
and in the scheme of it all I shouldn't complain
but I haven't got much, babe
no, I haven't got much at all if I haven't got you
I've got a memory of sunny beaches from my childhood
I've got a friend who makes me laugh from deep within
I've got a feeling I can make it on my own here
I miss the feeling of my lips upon your skin
I've got a lot of things that make me quite happy
and in the scheme of it all I shouldn't complain
but I haven't got much, babe
no, I haven't got much at all if I haven't got you
it's that something that everybody's waiting on
it's that something that they might never find
when we're all just wishing we could live like movie stars
there's that someone who gives you stars inside
I've got a boat to sail on the ocean
but what fun is a boat when I'm sailing alone
I've got a tendency to look on the dim side
when all I'm asking is for you to come home
I've got a lot of things that make me quite happy
and in the scheme of it all I shouldn't complain
but I haven't got much, babe
no, I haven't got much at all if I haven't got you
no, I haven't got much
I haven't got much, babe, if I haven't got you
no, I haven't got much if I haven't got you (x2)
I haven't got much at all if I haven't got you
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