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
(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 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 tell that guy
Hey man, You can do better than this
Ohh, you can answer your prayers now
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
Lead you home
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… Oh yeah
So precious, precious, precious… Ohh
So precious, precious, precious… Oh yeah
So precious, precious, precious… Ohh
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