YOU HAVE LIVED
Don McLean 1974

Don McLean 1974

Don McLean is most famous for his landmark 1971 album 
(and song),‘American Pie'.

Also sung by:
Helen Reddy



You have lived such a gentle life upon this earth
That I am stunned by your sight
If I could give but a token of the love you have
Then I might not be this lonely tonight.

Let them have their smug and their cool
Confined by fashion and peer
I love you for your courage in this frightened atmosphere.
I love you for your courage in this frightened atmosphere.

Ah, there are so few brave ones like you
Need I explain never wondering what to do
What to venture
What to gain.

And you have loved in a total way from flesh to soul
You speak without coy, without pose
Your eyes can see, that the emperor has lost his clothes
And what’s more you'll tell the whole world what he stole.

Let them have their fad and their fix
Confined by fashion and peer
I love you for your courage in this frightened atmosphere.
I love you for your courage in this frightened atmosphere.



(Transcribed by David Story - October 2013)