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shmevin
08-27-2001, 10:11 AM
I am desperate to find the lyrics to It's a Living starring the fabulous Ann Jillian, can anybody help? I would be greatful for any hints.

ween
08-27-2001, 04:05 PM
Here is all I can figure out, can anyone else fill in the blanks??? Please!!

Life’s not the French Riviera
Believe me
Life’s not a charity ball
It isn’t all a great big bed of roses
It’s not like show biz
But the main thing
Blah blah blah blah blah

Were not the people
Blah blah blah blah blah
Believe me
We know were doing ok
Ok we may be blessed and wealthy
But then again we’re young and healthy
And anyone who’s young and healthy knows
That that’s the way
The traffic flows
It’s only
Living
It’s a living

lint cook bensen
08-29-2001, 10:48 AM
Life's not,
the French Riviera,
believe me,
Life's not,
a charity ball,
it isn't,
all a great, big, bed of roses,
it's not like show biz,
but the main thing I suppose is,
We're not the people who...??????
believe me, we know we're doing okay,
ok we may be less than wealthy,
but then again we're young and healthy,
and anyone who's young and healthy knows,
that that's the way,
the traffic flows,
we've no misgivings,
it's a living.


Can anyone help with the ??????

Please

tv nut
09-27-2001, 10:16 AM
Life's not, the French Riviera.
Believe me.
Life's not, a charity ball.
It isn't,
all a great big, bed of roses,
it's not like show biz,
but the main thing I propose is:
(We--are-not-fakin-it)We're not the people to worry, believe me.
(We--are-gonna make it)We know we're doing okay,
OK we, may be less than wealthy.
But then again we're young and healthy.
And anyone who's young and healthy knows,
that that's the way...
the traffic flows.
It's a living.

XEOX
02-02-2002, 10:26 PM
THESE are the REAL lyrics to It's A Living/Making A Living..........

Life's not
the French Riviera
Believe me
Life's not
A charity ball
It isn't
all a great big bed of roses
It's not like showbiz
But the main thing I suppose is.....

(Were- not- fakin' -it; backup) We're not the people on Broadway
Believe me
(It's real, but better than joining -the- navy; backup) But we know we're having a life
Although we may be blessed and wealthy
But then a-gain were young and healthy
And any-one who's young and healthy knows
that that's the way
the traffic flows
**
It's a living

**indicates the two lines of lyrics from extended version, but are difficult to decipher

shmevinashton
08-16-2004, 03:25 PM
** the lyrics missing for extended version are "we've no misgivings"

shmevinashton
08-01-2006, 03:27 PM
** the lyrics missing for extended version are "we've no misgivings"


Thank you to all for helping our **** ruby ride to granny's go so fast! Anneurism or bust!!!

Shmev
xoxo

Art Carnage
06-02-2008, 02:21 PM
Life's not the French Riviera, believe me, life's not, a charity ball.
It isn't all a great big bed of roses, it's not like showbiz, but the main thing I suppose is…
We're not the people you envy, believe me, we know we're doing okay.
We may be less than wealthy, but better yet, we're young and healthy,
and anyone who's young and healthy knows that that's the way the traffic flows.
We've no misgivings, It's a living.

(from the Gail Edwards, "Dot", website)

That's not including the back-up vocals sung over two of the lines. I think they're the same as noted in a previous message.

Listen to the opening credits here: http://gailedwards.com/audio/living_opening.mp3

JarMa13!
09-15-2021, 08:12 AM
We're not the people that deny fate
We know we're doing okay

But there's another vocal
That says MEEEEEEE

JarMa13!
09-15-2021, 08:28 AM
It's hard because there's 2 simultaneous lines.
Apparently one says we're not the people you envy, the other says something about "deny fate" I guess I crossed them

JarMa13!
09-15-2021, 03:02 PM
Okay so while one vocal says
We're not the people you envy, another says
"Me..... I deny fate
Me......" And I don't know this line but i think it's 'im born' something. Or maybe it's that line about Broadway, I don't know but since the first line is I deny fate, I think it has to be a statement about how you build it yourself.
Hope that helps

snowpeck
04-13-2022, 02:58 PM
The second backup vocal line is "We.... are gonna make it."

CVPP
06-12-2023, 10:21 PM
It's A Living
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It's A Living Cast
Series Description

The It's A Living TV show was a 30 minute comedy series that aired on ABC for its first two seasons and then went into syndication for four more seasons. It was about a group of young, sexy waitresses working at a high-class restaurant under the supervision of their more mature female supervisor. Every episode the girls would get into some kind of trouble and they'd almost always drag their supervisor into the mess.

It's A Living Cast

Marian Mercer .... Nancy Beebe
Barrie Youngfellow .... Jan Hoffmeyer
Gail Edwards .... Dot Higgins
Paul Kreppel .... Sonny Mann
Ann Jillian .... Cassie Cranston (1980-1986)
Susan Sullivan .... Lois Adams (1980-1981)
Wendy Schaal .... Vicki Allen (1980-1981)
Bert Remsen .... Mario (1980-1981)
Louise Lasser .... Maggie McBurney (1981-1982)
Earl Boen .... Dennis Hubner (1981-1982)
Crystal Bernard .... Amy Tompkins (1985-1989)
Richard Stahl .... Howard Miller (1985-1989)
Sheryl Lee Ralph .... Ginger St. James (1986-1989)
Richard Kline .... Richie Gray (1987-1989)



It's A Living Theme Song

Title: "It's A Living"

By: "George Tipton and Leslie Bricusse"

Life's not the French Riviera
Believe me, Life's not a charity ball.
It isn't all a great, big bed of roses
It's not like showbiz
But the main thing I suppose is

We're not the people you envy
Believe me, We know we're doing okay
We may be less than wealthy
But better yet, We're young and healthy
And anyone who's young and healthy knows
That that's the way the traffic flows

We've no misgivings
It's a living.

found this on :
https://www.crazyabouttv.com/itsaliving.html