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 playin' with fire Then there's a day that comes to you When you get all you want, but there's a space inside that's still as empty as it was 'Till an angel comes your way and man she's fallin' fast You know she's so in need but she is to afraid to ask So you hold on 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 learnin' fast that maybe this is how you'll be happy 'Cause in takin' everything you lost, the air you need to breath But in givin' it away, you found the precious thing you seek Man, it's funny how she smiles, how grateful she is now And how that 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 And if I had know before, how much she would change my life I'd sure go back in time and try to tell that guy... hey man You can do better than this, you can answer your prayers You can grant your own wish Just hold on 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 learnin' fast that maybe this is how you'll be happy 'Cause in takin' everything you lost, the air you need to breath 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 Will lead you home Will lead you home And the gift is what you get by givin' more than you receive And you're learnin' fast that maybe this is how you'll be happy 'Cause in takin' everything you lost, the air you need to breath But in givin' it away, you found the precious thing you seek So precious precious precious precious... oh yeah So precious precious precious precious... oh... So precious precious precious precious... oh yeah So precious precious precious precious... oh... And the gift is what you get by givin' more than you receive And you're learnin' fast that maybe this is how you'll be happy 'Cause in takin' everything you lost, the air you need to breath But in givin' it away, you found the precious thing you seek