Real Life

At night when the restless wind blows
Sometimes I watch you sleep
Wondering how someone so close
Could be so far out of reach

I don't know why we're apart
But I know here in my heart
'Till we kiss, till we touch
'Till we both feel the rush
'Till we lie face to face
And I feel your embrace

I'll ride out this storm we're in
Until we fall back in love again

Our love is just like the moon
Sometimes it comes and goes
And there are phases that it goes through
That cause these ebbs and flows

The reasons aren't always so clear
But I will always be here

'Till we kiss, till we touch
'Till we both feel the rush
'Till we lie face to face
And I feel your embrace

I'll ride out this storm we're in
Until we fall back in love again

Oh, I'll ride out this storm we're in
Until we fall back in love again

Last night after dinner
As I read the evening paper
I looked up to see a look
Of sadness in her eyes

I asked her what was wrong
She sighed and said,"It's nothing"
But something in that nothing
Made me realize

It wouldn't kill me
To show her that I love her
It wouldn't kill me
To make her feel alive

I could take more time to tell her
How she makes my life so right
It wouldn't kill me
Like it would if she ever said, "Good-bye"

I don't know what gets in me
Not to take these precious moments
And share them with the only love
That makes it all worth while

I get so caught up in other things
When the only thing that matters
Is the way she leaves me breathless
With the beauty of her smile

It wouldn't kill me
To show her that I love her
It wouldn't kill me
To make her feel alive

I could take more time to tell her
How she makes my life so right
It wouldn't kill me
Like it would if she ever said, "Good-bye"

I could take more time to tell her
How she makes my life so right
It wouldn't kill me
Like it would if she ever said, "Good-bye"

Any other mornin' you might have walked a different street
Turned a different corner, instead of bumpin' into me
You'd have never said excuse me
I'd have never smiled and told you that's OK

We never would have set down it that quiet coffee shop
Traded old war stories about love we have lost
I'd have never got your number
Before I kissed your cheek and walked away
We wouldn't be here today

Oh, I almost never loved you
Another place another time
I'D have missed your kiss forever and watched you walk on by
I'd have gotten up this morning, just another lonely fool
I could never live without you
And yet, I almost never loved you

Now, a man like me might as well admit it
Lovin' you was easy, the trick was fallin' in it
All the "what-ifs" and near misses
And the stars that had to line up perfectly
Scares me now to think

Oh, I almost never loved you
another place another time
I'D have missed your kiss forever and watched you walk on by
I'd have gotten up this morning, just another lonely fool
I could never live without you
And yet, I almost never loved you

Wherever you go, whatever you do
Don't ever forget there's someone who believes in you
When you're lost and weary, follow your heart

'Cause you have a gift, you're one of a kind
God put you on this Earth so you could shine
You don't have to be afraid of the dark

Shine on
(Shine on)
Light up the world with your love
With faith and desire, you can build a fire

Shine on
(Shine on)
And let your dreams keep burning strong
Oh, shine on

There will be days and there will be doubts
There will be those who lie and let you down
When you just have to rise above it all

Over the tears, over the pain
And look for the rainbow in the pourin' rain
(Pourin' rain)
Like a ray of sun at the crack of dawn

Shine on
(Shine on)
Light up the world with your love
With faith and desire, you can build a fire

Shine on
(Shine on)
And let your dreams keep burning strong
Oh, shine on

There's a star in every one of us
Just waiting to be born
Take the chance
(Take the chance)
Dance the dance
(Dance the dance)
It's what you've waited for

Shine on
(Shine on)
Light up the world with your love.
With faith and desire, you can build a fire

Shine on
(Shine on)
And let your dreams keep burning strong
Oh, shine on

(Light up the world with your love)
(With faith and desire, you can build a fire)
Shine on
(And let your dream keep burning strong)
Keep on shinin'

Shine on
(Light up the world with your love)
(With faith and desire, you can build a fire)

Shine on
(Light up the world with your love)
(With faith and desire, you can build a fire)

Shine on
(Light up the world with your love)
(With faith and desire, you can build a fire)

I was living hard and fast
Running from my past
On the day that I ran into you
Life had taken its toll
I was staggered by the blows
I'd been through all I could go through

There was scars on my heart
Where love had left its mark
Wounds that I still carried from the fall
Oh but your love built a bridge
Where I'd put up a wall
And you loved me scars and all

With so many flaws
I still wondered what you saw
That made you believe in me
I was no one's hero
Didn't even come close
But you saw something no one else could see

There was scars on my heart
Where love had left its mark
Wounds that I still carried from the fall
Oh, but your love built a bridge
Where I'd put up a wall
And you loved me scars and all

You loved me scars and all