What's Forever For - Michael Martin Murphy (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)

What's Forever For (Michael Martin Murphy, 1982). Live performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2024-12-01. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"

"What's Forever For," written by Rafe Van Hoy, was Michael Martin Murphy's fifth consecutive and final top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart rising to no. 19 in 1982 (Whitburn, 2013), although Murphy continued to have multiple hit singles on the Billboard Country chart where this song rose to the no. 1 position (Whitburn, 1994). The song was originally recorded by England Dan & John Ford Coley and is found on their 1979 album Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive (Wikipedia, 2021).

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Lyrics:

I've been looking at people
And how they change with the times;
And lately all I've been seeing are people
Throwing love away and losing their minds;

Maybe it's me that's gone crazy,
Cause I can't figure out why;
All these lovers keep hurting each other,
When good love is so hard to come by;

So what's the glory in living?
Doesn't anybody ever stay together anymore?
And if love never lasts forever, tell me
What's forever for?

I've been listening to people
And they say love is the key;
And it's not my way to let them lead me astray;
It's only that I want to believe;

So what's the glory in living?
Doesn't anybody ever stay together anymore?
And if love never lasts forever, tell me
What's forever for?

I see love hungry people tryin' their best to survive,
While in their head they dream of romance,
If they can keep it alive;

So, what's the glory in living?
Doesn't anybody ever stay together anymore?
And if love never lasts forever, tell me
What's forever for?