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