The Gift

It's funny how it starts

Just how it all begins

You get your sights on dreams

And man, a thousand different things

You are on for yourself

You're chasing cool desire

You get addicted fast

But man, you're playing with the fire

Then there's a day that comes to you

When you get all you want

But there's a space inside

That's just as empty as it was

Till and angel comes your way

And man, she's fallin' fast

You know she's so in need

But she is too afraid to ask

So you hold out your hands

And catch her best you can

And in givin' love, you feel a better man

And the gift is what you get

By givin' more than you receive

And you're learning' fast that maybe

This is how you'll be happy

'Cause in takin' everything you lost

The air you need to breathe

But in givin' it away

You found the precious thing you seek

Ooh, oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Ooh, oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

It's funny how she smiles

How grateful she is now

And that my touches me

Deep in my heart somehow

Yet the mirror laughs at me

When I forget myself

When I complain about

This hand that I got dealt

If I had known before

How much she changed my life

I'd sure go back in time

And tell that guy

Hey, man

You can do better than this

You can answer your prayers now

You can grant your own wish

Just hold out your hands

And give the most you can

And I swear to you

You'll feel a better man

And the gift is what you get

By givin' more than you receive

And you're learning' fast that maybe

This is how you'll be happy

'Cause in takin' everything you lost

The air you need to breathe

But in givin' it away

You found the precious thing you seek

And it's better, by far

To do what you do now

And leave the rest to love

Just be strong in who you are

Once you start on that road

You're safe in the knowledge

That anyway you go

Lead you home

Lead you home

And the gift is what you get

By givin' more than you receive

And you're learning' fast that maybe

This is how you'll be happy

'Cause in takin' everything you lost

The air you need to breathe

But in givin' it away

You found the precious thing you seek

So precious, precious, precious, precious, oh, yeah

So precious, precious, precious, precious, uh-huh

You are so precious, precious, precious, precious, oh, yeah

So precious, precious, precious, precious, uh-huh

And the gift is what you get

By givin' more than you receive

And you're learning' fast that maybe

This is how you'll be happy

'Cause in takin' everything you lost

The air you need to breathe

But in givin' it away

You found the precious thing you seek