Lyrics to
Life Line

This version of Life Line was released by 10Cc in 1978.

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Ten thousand miles away from someone
Ten thousand miles away from you
Who’s your friend on the end of a telephone line
A telephone line’s like a life line

You run me cool you run me hot love
You take me where I wanna be
Ship to shore, air to land
Seems it’s always the same
I always end up with a lame brain

Dont’ got talkin’ in your sleep no
Don’t go givin’ it all away
Don’t go walkin’ in your sleep no
Don’t go givin’ it all away
Dont’ got talkin’ in your sleep no
Don’t go givin’ it all away
Don’t go walkin’ in your sleep no
You’re ten thousand miles away

Livin’ it up in the paradise
Don’t make it right, don’t make it wrong
When you know you’ve got a friend
who’s at the other end
And a telephone line’s like a life line

But a walk on the wire
It don’t put out no fire
A telephone line’s like a life line

Dont’ got talkin’ in your sleep no
Don’t go givin’ it all away
Don’t go walkin’ in your sleep no
Don’t go givin’ it all away
Dont’ got talkin’ in your sleep no
Don’t go givin’ it all away
Don’t go walkin’ in your sleep no
You’re ten thousand miles away

When you wake you’ll find me sleepin’
The clock don’t stop when you’re not here
But you know you’ve got a friend
Who’s at the other end
And a telephone line’s like a life line
A telephone line is a life line

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About Lyrics and Life Line by 10Cc

The lyrics to Life Line are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by 10Cc in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to Life Line are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by 10Cc and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Life Line back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Life Line by 10Cc in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Life Line" means the words set to the music of Life Line, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by 10Cc. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Life Line and the lyrics to Life Line are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of 10Cc who came here looking just for the lyrics to Life Line, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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