Any Other Way

There's a thousand lives that I could now be leading
And a thousand different ways that I could find to feel the same
I could be a cloistered nun, a cosmic yoga teacher
Or a shrink who only helps because it helps to be insane

But it's hard to sing a tender tune
That you are half-remembering
When the radio is blaring out
The big hit of the day

That's life, that's life
And I wouldn't have it any other way
I wouldn't have it any other way

Maybe I could be a moonwalk-talking astronaut
Umbilicalled to oxygen, in case I float away
Then I don't suppose I ever would have met you
Would have travelled up the escalator facing the wrong way

And it's hard to think about a face
That you have half-forgotten
When this great big smile is grinning
As I clear the plates away

That's life, that's life
And I wouldn't have it any other way
I wouldn't have it any other way

And it scares me to think how close I came
To never having met you
Now you know you won't fall so very far
'Cause I'm never gonna let you down

There's a thousand things that I could now be buying
And a thousand different ways to soothe this existential pain
There's a thousand destinations I'd be flying to
All I have to do is hop on board that ever-waiting plane

But all these empty promises
That dress up like solutions
From all the substitutions
I choose you and you again

That's life, that's life
And I wouldn't have it any other way
I wouldn't have it any other way
I wouldn't have it any other way