Lyrics

Zest for Life (Mike Lusk)


It's zest for life that keeps me young she told me
A quest for things that bring me love and joy
And the best of zesty things this girl could wish for
Is a grown-up man still playful as a boy

I know this might sound like some contradiction
It's true most girls presume it takes a man
To fulfil the things in life their comfort's made of
Not a man acts like a boy long as he can

She said there's so much going on to make us older
Much quicker than what's come to be life's span
I decided zest for life would be my saviour
With a man who's still a boy being my best plan

It's zest for life that keeps me young she told me
A quest for things that bring me love and joy
And the best of zesty things this girl can wish for
Is a grown-up man still playful as a boy

Bridge:

As I heard her words and took in fun expression spiced with fact
I thought in turn this IS the way an anxious world should act
Forestalling the accelerated ageing some now face
Keeping active, staying young through slowing down the pace
Living fast lane, staying young through slowing down the pace

These words TOO sure sound like contradiction
Seems we're taught it takes a solemn man
To fulfil the things in life our smiles are made of
Not a man who stays a boy long as he can

It's zest for life that keeps me young she kissed me
A chest of things that bring me love and joy
And the best of zesty things this girl could wish for
Is a grown-up man still playful as a boy
Yeah the best of zesty things this girl could wish for
Is a grown-up man still playful as a boy

So now there's
Plenty going on that keeps us younger
This woman and her chosen boy, this man
With zest for life enough to be our saviour
Zest for life we share much as we can
Yeah, yeah there's
Lots of fast-lane fun that keeps us younger
This woman and her favourite boy, this man
With zest for life enough to be our saviour
Zest for life we share much as we can
Zest for life
Zest for life
Zest for life we share much as we can



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