C’est La Vie
SONG COMPOSERS, LYRICS AND BACKGROUND
LYRICS
Life begins at five to eight
No time to waste, it will not wait
A lay-in that was yesterday
Up and at ’em into the fray
There’ll be no time to catch your breath
The enemy of life is death
So sweep the hallway, mop the wall
Your destiny’s about to call
The legislation’s in the bag
Justice, a toothless old hag
It’s every man now on his own
It’s all for one, you’d better run
And stand up tall against the wall
And one by one you all shall fall
And though you’ll try to get back home
Your cupboards bare, without a bone
Je ne le fais pas, c’est la vie
C’est comme ça que ça va être
Je ne le fais pas, c’est la vie
C’estcomme ça que ça va être
Stand up tall against the wall
One by one you all shall fall
And though you’ll try to get back home
The cupboards bare, without a bone
Some call it Armageddon
I’m sure you’ve heard them say
It’s a tyrannical heaven
And we’re only a moment away
Je ne le fais pas, c’est la vie
C’est comme ça que ça va être
Je ne le fais pas, c’est la vie
C’est comme ça que ça va être
COMPOSERS
| Composer | Role |
|---|---|
| Mike Barson | Music & Words |
BACKGROUND
Madness keyboard player Mike Barson wrote the song. It’s “about these crazy times we’re living in, and how I just want to stay on my boat and not be a part of all this madness,” he explained. “But of course, I’m a member of a group called Madness. Perhaps we should have called ourselves ‘Sanity.'”
References
| Representation | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | CTUN LLP |
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