No Doubt - Simple Kind Of Life Lyrics






For a long time I was in love
Not only in love, I was obsessed
With a friendship that no one else could touch
It didn't work out, I'm covered in shells

And all I wanted was the simple things
A simple kind of life
And all I needed was a simple man
So I could be a wife

I'm so ashamed, I've been so mean
I don't know how it got to this point
I always was the one with all the love
You came along, I'm hunting you down

Like a sick domestic abuser looking for a fight
And all I wanted was the simple things
A simple kind of life

If we met tomorrow for the very first time
Would it start all over again?
Would I try to make you mine?

I always thought I'd be a mom
Sometimes I wish for a mistake
The longer that I wait the more selfish that I get
You seem like you'd be a good dad

Now all those simple things are simply too complicated for my life
How'd I get so faithful to my freedom?
A selfish kind of life
When all I ever wanted was the simple things
A simple kind of life





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  1. j.... t....

    BRAVE MAN BRAVE GWEN IN FRONT OF THE WORLD, I WANT A BABY FOR GOD SAKES, TONY..UH..NAH. DEVESTATED.

  2. S.... R....

    DIOS como no conocia esta cancion???? es hermosa. Podria acompañarme toda mi vida

  3. T.... P....

    I know Gwen I know Gwen !

  4. S.... P....

    " not only in love, I was obsessed " yep, I remember the tragic kingdom album 🥵

  5. s.... Q....

    I MARRIED WAY TO YOUNG AND NEVER LISTEN TO MY PARENTS, NOW THEYRE GONE.......

  6. j.... o....

    i said GODDAMN!!! what a powerful amazing video by them and a knockout performance by gwen. i literally teared up when arms went out for the baby. thank god she's got 3 wonderful boys and a gorgeous man who seems just as sprung for her 4 years later. watch Nobody But You if you haven't yet, it's such a treat as a hardcore Gwen fan. ugh i love her so fkn much dude.

  7. G.... R....

    😭😭

  8. J.... N....

    2020 #💔

  9. I.... b....

    When an Anime plays a No Doubt song you go on a Nostalgia trip listening to every No Doubt song😂😏
    #JoJo

  10. A.... P....

    Imagine being that pretty ✨

  11. H.... F....

    2020 someone?💘

  12. B.... M....

    Awsome song, Underrated Band, Beautiful Lead Singer...

  13. S.... G....

    Ughhh 💔💔💔

  14. A.... ....

    Nunca habia visto un cover con tantas visitas y creo que esta mas que merecido!

    A.... ....

    Este no es un cover...

  15. V.... F....

    So I guess this song is about Gwen wanting to be a mother?

  16. c.... k....

    Good bye this site

  17. S.... -....

    Does anyone ever get chills, imagining all of your childhood. Gosh damn.

  18. W.... H....

    *HEY BABE. IT'S*
    *KINDA SIMPLE*
    *LIVING IT, LIFE*

  19. T.... C....

    S@@T OUTTA LUCK? JUST BET ON ME GOT MY MONEY ON DEEPNESS SORRY MOM WILL ONLY LET ME DATE MAXIM GIRLS AND THATS A FACT THEYRE GREAT COMPANY

  20. T.... C....

    ITS NOT A QUESTION OF FOUR MNT RUSHMORE ANYMORE ITS DECONSTRUCT OR SIMPLY OBAMAS FACE SMAWLLER ONE IS AWL MAYBE WASH STATE

  21. T.... C....

    NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN PRAKOWNIC LILLY PAD ABSTRACT NOT MORNING GLORY URBAN HYMNS LUMIDELIC VIBE UNCA FINAL FANTASY FIONA🍋not high times or offspring

  22. J.... M....

    💚X q nadien se a cuerdan de mi ya me olvidaron de todo

  23. d.... p....

    la historia de mi vida aun 2020 !!!!

  24. F.... G....

    Amo a Gwen Stefani 😍😍😍😍

  25. N.... A....

    Hello! Sending to No Doubt
    https://youtu.be/L9wXF8FrLbk

  26. R.... H....

    Alguien de tijuana

  27. F.... d....

    Fairfield connecticut in adderall in threat little nemo on hbo little nemo on court tv theeatens adderall threatens freedom hopoing terminal stealing makeup jail record ruined life stuck daying I'm talking to my grandma I dont want to talk to things cigarettes it stole abc no friends stuoid thing has a hand of cum touching me keeps bothering me please call people make this thing go away.

  28. K.... ....

    Who wouldn't knew post malone would sample the melody for his song circles

  29. A.... K....

    Great song :)

  30. S.... T....

    All I needed was a simple man so I could be a wife.

    This cuts.

    S.... T....

    😂shit hit different when reality already been hitting you😂😂

  31. E.... L....

    Just a Simple kind of Life....A simple kind of life. Gwen u are Amazing!

  32. R.... O....

    Anyone Listening in 2020?

  33. S.... ....

    She is a mom now, good for her.

  34. m.... ....

    Wow Gwen, I’ve been a fan since I was 10 and I’m now 32 in my Return of Saturn. This song popped up as I got off the train and had this 6’3” man in tears as I walked to my apartment. People stared as I walked and I tried to contain them but there was no stopping them. Gwen you are an angel and I appreciate you being so open and allowing us to relate.

  35. C.... T....

    Love this song.

  36. n.... ....

    I wish there was a Gwen Barbie doll with at least two of the outfits shown in this video.

    n.... ....

    Are you crafty? You could make one. :)

    n.... ....

    @poppibel Not that much :( But maybe I could learn!!

  37. L.... A....

    Best no doubt song ever

  38. g.... ....

    "Now all those simple things are simply too complicated for my life..." THAT hurted the most 😥💔

  39. J.... H....

    They should be Rock n Roll Hall of Fame eligible soon. They deserve it

  40. M.... B....

    Gwen you’re a ten

  41. M.... B....

    I like you Gwen

  42. J.... T....

    I never really payed attention to it, but this video has alot of wierd symbolism and cryptic messages goin on in it . It's about rebellion, and staying faithful to freedom apart from serving God. It's about man claiming himself to be god, and then waving his fist at god angrily while trying to state his case as to why he should be allowed to be his own god....WOW, trippy how some people see things right?
    But before you all get outta shape over this comment, and say I've lost it, remember those past quotes and ideas that you didn't understand, which you now view as your most cherished morsals of wisdom for life.


    And of course I do not agree with messages like this at all, fore the Power of Abraham Issac and Jacob has all power and is the Most HIgh, and his son Yahusha Christ is our savior that died for us all at calvery. So we are not God, he is alone and every one shall bow to Christ when he returns.


    Abstract thoughts from a 21st century Negro Israelite


    Shalom

  43. E.... S....

    im a dad and i have wonderfull wife and two wonderfull childs, but this song is something out of context, something that represents that urge to get in that position that im in now. was listening before my status and im listening now - it doesn`t matter - its beautiful!

  44. N.... R....

    I feel this song so much more than when it first came out🌸❤️

  45. T.... A....

    Diciembre 2019 🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  46. C.... W....

    I think Tony looks so gorgeous on this vídeo

  47. I.... A....

    This brings back such great memories! I love it! ♡

  48. L.... ....

    I always laugh a bit at 2:46 lol

  49. J.... R....

    Is that the Santa Ana cemetery?

  50. M.... W....

    I love her

  51. R.... C....

    mexican culture represent.

  52. J.... 1....

    Oddly the torment of that relationship made them very wealthy she wrote so many song about her anguish with that one!

  53. S.... J....

    Its so beautifully written the lyrics.. Im 30, single and No Kids.. I get this song too much.

  54. T.... M....

    2019 checking in. No real reason, just because this video is seared into my brain. Had to see it again

  55. B.... B....

    Baita nostalgia!!!

  56. F.... G....

    I have always wanted Britney Spears to cover this. Hear me out. I think she can actually pull It off vocally if they let her use her normal tone. She always has talked about wanting a simple life with family. I think I would be a cool remake .

  57. R.... s....

    I love this song! Still listening Nov 2019. Gwen is amazing.

  58. Y.... L....

    The longer that I wait the selfish I will get.

  59. Y.... L....

    You know Mike you'll be a good dad.

  60. Y.... L....

    There was a time I was in love not only in love I was obsessed.

  61. J.... R....

    You were a powerhouse of a band, get your shit together!

  62. R.... r....

    Favourite no doubt song ❤

  63. L.... T....

    still listening to this in 2019..a decade later lol

  64. L.... ....

    No Doubt is TIMELESS!!

  65. j.... ....

    Favorite NoDoubt song.

  66. L.... D....

    Queen ♡

  67. D.... W....

    For a long time I was in love
    Not only in love, I was obsessed
    With a friendship that no one else could touch
    It didn't work out, I'm covered in shells

    And all I wanted was the simple things
    A simple kind of life
    And all I needed was a simple man
    So I could be a wife

    I'm so ashamed, I've been so mean
    I don't know how it got to this point
    I always was the one with all the love
    You came along, I'm hunting you down

    Like a sick domestic abuser looking for a fight
    And all I wanted was the simple things
    A simple kind of life

    If we met tomorrow for the very first time
    Would it start all over again?
    Would I try to make you mine?

    I always thought I'd be a mom
    Sometimes I wish for a mistake
    The longer that I wait, the more selfish that I get
    You seem like you'd be a good dad

    Now all those simple things are simply too complicated for my life
    How'd I get so faithful to my freedom?
    A selfish kind of life
    When all I ever wanted was the simple things
    A simple kind of life

  68. Q.... ....

    I really thought I use to get this song but I really really need it now. Im only 32 and its just the need for making my own family and a simple happy life is just soooooooooo far from where I am right now. Trying not to get so nuts about it because I dont know the future but man....

  69. D.... E....

    Puro chavorruco habemos!!!!! Me acuerdo que me tenía que desvelar para ver este video en mtv , cuando era bueno mtv!

  70. A.... A....

    That’s my greatest feeling ever and most Fondest of wishes 🖋

  71. j.... p....

    Nice song, no more simps and Go Mgtow

  72. B.... D....

    This song haunts me. I feel you wrote about me not you, gwendolyn. Marilyn Monroe

  73. A.... W....

    Hands down the BEST No Doubt video EVER! 💗

  74. V.... B....

    This song makes me cry.

  75. A.... F....

    their best song, no doubt

  76. B.... ....

    Even though i was just 2 years old in 2000 this song gives me so much nostalgia for sum reason!!!! Im 21 now and this songs makes so much sense at this werid stage of life

  77. C.... ....

    I loved this song!

  78. C.... F....

    This is a real talent. No these trash hoes that rap these days

  79. v.... e....

    2019.... and I still hear No Doubt, love it!

  80. F.... F....

    Tony is such an underrated bass player. He killed it on this track.

  81. K.... ....

    2:25 Women do that crap all the time. And by "mistake" they mean purposely not take the pill and pretend like they forgot. They will also say "I can't get pregnant". All that really means is they haven't yet, they didn't hear that from a doctor or anything. They just say it so you won't use birth control.

  82. C.... ....

    This song is so deep and didn't get all the attention it deserves....

  83. D.... G....

    This song is killing me right now. That C7M chord after the F and A# is what makes this so wistfully sad. It could be sad in another way, but the C7M makes it feel like longing for something lost that could so easily have been.

  84. S.... S....

    😞😞I love forever

  85. T.... B....

    I had a friend to whom these lyrics were, like, a perfect tale of what her life would be like. She always just wanted a family and to be happy, but she never got it. RIP Madeline.

  86. s.... ....

    i always thought...i d be a dad....sometimes i wish for a mistake....

  87. D.... M....

    le queda mejor el pelo rosa

  88. L.... P....

    Yesssss....🙏💜💜💜💜💜

  89. T.... R....

    somebody else in 2019?

    T.... R....

    Hi Tobias here listening to this song and watching the video. The more I watch Gwen perform the more I like her. I'm jealous cause she's so gorgeous and beautiful. I love her style of hair and clothes she wears. That blonde bleached looks amazing on her.

  90. l.... ....

    **Wants a bat and lots of wedding cakes.** That looks fun.

  91. T.... Z....

    It is funny because by the time this song release in 2000, I was 14. I know what it means. Here I am, 33, feeling alright with my life, being single and be grateful of not much troubling my one life to others and it wasn't that bad, people will say things I've never been through, but I know the key of it. If I want to, I'll make sure my life runs alright with my loved ones. If I don't want to, there's no point feeling guilty to be single.

  92. G.... T....

    Super canción 👌

  93. L.... L....

    this is art <33

  94. B.... ....

    I love Gwen's looks in this video ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

  95. K.... S....

    Gwen is a Libra we are very hopeless romantic people. Such a masterpiece song. The baby in the cemetery at the end always makes me so sad! You know this song cut deep

  96. i.... ....

    This band, even the song, is ahead of its time