a short site about The Divine Comedy

French version

Charmed Life

Lyrics & Music: Neil Hannon

Published by: Damaged Pop Music / BMG Music Publishing Ltd.

Originally interpreted by: The Divine Comedy

To see the lyrics, click on the name of the version you are interested in (on the left).

Original version (4:41) [on Absent Friends]
Instrumental version (4:40) [on Absent Friends - Instrumentals]
Alternate version (4:47) [on Long Lost Friends]
Live video (4:55) [recorded at London, Palladium, 26/04/2004, on Live At The Palladium]
Live version (4:44) [recorded at Virgin Radio - Razor Cuts, 28/03/2004, on V/A: Virgin Radio Session - Exclusive Soundcheck Panel]

Tabs/Scores

Informations

The lyrics and the music are by Neil Hannon. It was written for the album Absent Friends.

"Breaking up is so hard to do" is taken from Burt Bacharach's song 'Make It Easy On Yourself', which Neil covered during the live at the Shepherd's Bush Empire un November 1996. The cover is too be found on the single Everybody Knows (Except You).