its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
How do you do it?
You make me want to live again
How do you do it?
You make me want to live again
When you wake me in the morning
That is my favorite thing
The party is so warming
As a strikes a chord upon my skin
Now you sing in the evening
With the voice that's bouncing like a spring
A heart is not for breaking
It's for beating out all the life it needs to begin
It's for beating out all the life it needs to begin
How do you do it?
You make me want to live again
How do you do it?
You make me want to live again
How do you do it?
You make me want to live again
How do you do it?
You make me want to live again
Have we taken all we're good for?
Have we registered our love in vain
A church is not for praying
It's for celebrating the life that bleeds through the pain
(It's for celebrating the life that bleeds through the pain)
It's for celebrating the life that shines through your veins
(It's for celebrating the life that shines through your veins)
It's for celebrating the life that bleeds through the pain
How do you do it?
You make me want to live again
How do you do it?
You make me want to live again
How do you do it?
You make me want to live again
How do you do it?
You make me want to live again
If you won't answer you sure are ours
You make me want to live again
If you won't answer you sure are ours
You make me want to live again
If you won't answer you sure are ours
How do you do that thing you do?
If you won't answer you sure are ours
You make me want to live again
How do you do it?
You make me want to live again
When you wake me in the morning
That is my favorite thing
The party is so warming
As a strikes a chord upon my skin
Now you sing in the evening
With the voice that's bouncing like a spring
A heart is not for breaking
It's for beating out all the life it needs to begin
It's for beating out all the life it needs to begin
How do you do it?
You make me want to live again
How do you do it?
You make me want to live again
How do you do it?
You make me want to live again
How do you do it?
You make me want to live again
Have we taken all we're good for?
Have we registered our love in vain
A church is not for praying
It's for celebrating the life that bleeds through the pain
(It's for celebrating the life that bleeds through the pain)
It's for celebrating the life that shines through your veins
(It's for celebrating the life that shines through your veins)
It's for celebrating the life that bleeds through the pain
How do you do it?
You make me want to live again
How do you do it?
You make me want to live again
How do you do it?
You make me want to live again
How do you do it?
You make me want to live again
If you won't answer you sure are ours
You make me want to live again
If you won't answer you sure are ours
You make me want to live again
If you won't answer you sure are ours
How do you do that thing you do?
If you won't answer you sure are ours
Lyrics submitted by 60_miles_an_hour
How Do You Do? Lyrics as written by Joseph Goddard Alexis Benjamin Taylor
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, Royalty Network, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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