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Lazy Days

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Lazy Days Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Lazy old day
Rolling away
Dreaming the day away
Don't want to go
Now that I'm in the flow
Crazy amazing day

[Hook]
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-de da da da

[Verse 2]
One red balloon
Floats to the moon
Just let it fly away
I only know
That I'm longing to go
Back to my lazy day
[Hook]
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-de da da da

[Bridge]
And how it sings and how it sighs
And how it never stays
And how it rings and how it cries
And how it sails away, away, away-ay-ay-ay

[Hook]
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
[Hook]
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da

[Hook]
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da
De-de-da de-da-de-da da-da

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What did Enya say about "Lazy Days"?
Genius Answer

According to Enya.sk, Enya said to BMG Music in 2000:

“Lazy Days” is quite uptempo, yes. That is something that has evolved, a positiveness within the melody, quite a bit of rhythm within the string section more so than other albums. “Lazy Days” and “Wild Child” have a positive kind of beat to them. It’s basically a song about taking a day to chill out; it’s important at the pace we go at this stage, when we’re focused too much on work, it’s important to take a lazy day.

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Recorded At
Aigle Studios, Killiney, County Dublin, Ireland
Release Date
November 20, 2000
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