“Life Goes On” is a song by Utopia from the album Deface the Music. Like the rest of the album, it is a deliberate imitation of The Beatles. In particular “Life Goes On” is meant to be an imitation of the song “Eleanor Rigby”, except instead of using string instruments, the band chose to use a strin...
[Chorus]
Life goes on
The world keeps turning and life goes on
Life goes on
The world keeps turning and life goes on
[Verse 1]
He was a company man
He put his faith in the union and his take-home pay
A good republican man
But they closed down the factory, his retirement day
[Pre-Chorus]
Life goes on
Whether or not there's a reason
Life goes on
Enter another season
[Chorus]
Life goes on
The world keeps turning and life goes on
Life goes on
The world keeps turning and life goes on
[Verse 2]
She was the pride of her dad
But she harbored a secret in her bureau drawer
And when the news was too bad
She would get into trouble with the boy next door
[Pre-Chorus]
Life goes on
Whether or not there's a reason
Life goes on
Enter another season
[Chorus]
Life goes on
The world keeps turning and life goes on
Life goes on
The world keeps turning and life goes on
[Verse 3]
In the dead of the night
They escape to their fantasy without a sound
Her father still burns a light
But they never returned and they were never found
[Outro]
Life goes on
Whether or not there's a reason
Life goes on
Life goes on
Life Goes On was written by Roger Powell & Kasim Sulton & Willie Wilcox & Todd Rundgren.
Life Goes On was produced by Roger Powell & Kasim Sulton & Willie Wilcox & Todd Rundgren.
Utopia released Life Goes On on Wed Sep 24 1980.