pwease, hewp

[Murmur the Fallen]

Not sure if this is appropriate . . .
Okay, my computer recently went kerblooey and much of my mp3s are lost. I'm trying to rebuild my library, but, well, anyway
There's this one particular song that I *know* but it's slipping from my mind completely. And it's happened before with this same song. I love but something about it makes me want to forget it.
Anyway, it's classic rock, I guess. Sometime from the seventies, probably.
It begins with an instrumental, no words, sounds a bit like a violin or at least some stringed instrument. This goes on for a little bit, then goes into the main part, which is very different from the beginning. The only lyrics that I kind of remember are "take a dive" and "take a fall" or possibly "taking a dive". Not sure if it's "I'm not taking a dive" but . . . well.
I hope you can help. I know it's not much, but, god, my brain is going to curdle if I don't know what this song is.
-murmur the fallen
who, everytime he tries to think about this song, keeps on tuning into a memory of "Still the Same." Curse you, Bob Seger!

[Bob Schroeck]

Maybe ELO's "Living Thing"? I'll dig up lyrics at lunch.

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Bob Schroeck]

Sailin' away on the crest of a wave - It's like magic
Rollin' and ridin' and slippin' & slidin' - It's magic
and you, and your sweet desire, You took me, higher and higher
It's a livin' thing, It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing, What a terrible thing to lose.
Making believe this is what you've conceived from your worst day,
Moving in line when you look back in time to your first day
And you, and your sweet desire, You took me, higher and higher
It's a livin' thing, It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing, What a terrible thing to lose.
Takin' a dive 'cos you can't halt the slide floating downstream,
So let her go don't start spoiling the show, It's a bad dream
And you, and your sweet desire, You took me, higher and higher
It's a livin' thing, It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing, What a terrible thing to lose.
Words and music : Jeff Lynne
(Is that it, Murmur?)

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Bob Schroeck]

BTW, what's not here is the background vocals, which do include the repeated line "I'm takin' a dive". It also starts with an almost Russian-sounding violin solo (which is echoed in the middle of the song), followed by a trumpet "fanfare" that then leads into the more traditional rock orchestration.

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Bob Schroeck]

Murmur, did this turn out to be the right song?
Just curious.

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.