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 just as empty as it was
'Til an 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, 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 breathe
But in givin' it away, you found the precious thing you seek

Ooh, uh, uh-yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh, uh, uh-yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

It's funny how she smiles, how grateful she is now
And that might 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 would change my life
I'd sure go back in time and tell that guy, "Hey, man
You can do better than this, ooh, you can answer your prayers now
You can grant your own wish," yeah, yeah

Just hold out your hands and give the most you can
And I swear to you, you'll feel a better man, oh, yeah

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 breathe
But in givin' it away, you found the precious thing you seek

Ooh-whoa, 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
Ooh, 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 (yeah)
'Cause in takin' everything, you lost the air you need to breathe (oh)
But in givin' it away, you found the precious thing you seek (whoo)

So precious, precious, precious, precious, oh, yeah
So precious, precious, precious, precious, oh-oh
(You are) so precious, precious, precious, precious, oh, yeah
(Oh, yeah) so precious, precious, precious, precious, oh, yeah

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 (the air you need to breathe, yeah)
You lost the air you need to breathe
But in givin' it away, you found the precious thing you seek