I'm Gonna Live Forever

The original was written and recorded 1990-1991.

This version was created in October/November 2024.

"There's no new thing in the universe, no matter how far you wander,
But somebody else has been there first and stolen all your thunder!
Still I will be a handsome face upon the scene,
I'm gonna go the once place left where no one's ever been!

I'm gonna live, I'm gonna live, I'm gonna live forever!
I'm gonna live, I'm gonna live, I'm gonna live forever!
I ain't gonna die, nor never grow old, never gonna fade away.
I'm gonna live forever more, starting from today...

You tell me to forget it, I will never make the frame,
I will never tread the glory trails of power and fame.
You're all too ready to write me of before I have begun,
Well, I'm gonna do the one thing left that no one's ever done!

I'm gonna live, I'm gonna live, I'm gonna live forever!
I'm gonna live, I'm gonna live, I'm gonna live forever!
I ain't gonna die, nor never grow old, never gonna fade away.
I'm gonna live forever more, starting from today...

If you want to live forever,
Keep your life and soul together,
In the land of never, never,
Take my hand, make a wish,
Close your eyes and picture this,
A never-ending life of unimaginable bliss!

Patronise me, criticise me, tell me I'm a fool,
Pack my satchel full of books and send me back to school,
But how come if you know it all, and your IQ so high,
That I'm gonna live forever more and you're just gonna die?

I'm gonna live, I'm gonna live, I'm gonna live forever!
I'm gonna live, I'm gonna live, I'm gonna live forever!
I ain't gonna die, nor never grow old, never gonna fade away.
I'm gonna live forever more, starting from today... 

Patronise me, criticise me, tell me I'm a fool,
Pack my satchel full of books and send me back to school,
But how come if you know it all, and your IQ so high,
That I'm gonna live forever more and you're just gonna die?

I'm gonna live, I'm gonna live, I'm gonna live forever!
I'm gonna live, I'm gonna live, I'm gonna live forever!
I ain't gonna die, nor never grow old, never gonna fade away.
I'm gonna live forever more, starting from today."