Chorus: "You took everything, what a terrible thing to lose"?!

Chorus: "You took everything, what a terrible thing to lose"?

Can anyone tell me who performed this song? Sounds like something from the 1970's. Thanks.

not sure... sounds like an old ELO song...here are the lyrics.

Living Thing
Living Thing (Jeff Lynne/Electric Light Orchestra)

lyrics

Sailing away on the crest of a wave it's like magic
Rolling and riding and slipping and sliding
It's magic

And you and your sweet desire
You took me higher and higher, baby
It's a living thing
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a giving thing
What a terrible thing to lose

I'm taking a dive
Dive

Making believe this is what you can see on your worst day
Rolling and riding
You slip back in time to the first day

And you and your sweet desire
You took me higher and higher, baby
It's a living thing
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a giving thing
What a terrible thing to lose

I'm taking a dive on the slide

Taking a dive cause you can't stop the slide flowing 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, baby
It's a living thing
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a giving thing
What a terrible thing to lose