to a different life
what if i had been born on a day in march
when the doctor said i was supposed to arrive
under a different star
on a different morning
would I have gotten to where I'm supposed to be
would I have found my way back here
what if i had never found my way to you
or known what it was like to love you for years
would you have been a passing face i'd always wish to know
and wonder if you noticed
the way you made me smile
under a different star
on a different night
where would I be without the person you are.
what if I never had to let go
and pick myself up off the floor
and cry for a life that had touched mine
and was lost
what if we had never watched those stars
on that summer night
when you saved me from my ghosts
where would I be without the person you were.
Would I have learned to feel
would I know what is real
what would replace the smile that has never faded
or the tears that never dried
would I have found my way back here?
when the doctor said i was supposed to arrive
under a different star
on a different morning
would I have gotten to where I'm supposed to be
would I have found my way back here
what if i had never found my way to you
or known what it was like to love you for years
would you have been a passing face i'd always wish to know
and wonder if you noticed
the way you made me smile
under a different star
on a different night
where would I be without the person you are.
what if I never had to let go
and pick myself up off the floor
and cry for a life that had touched mine
and was lost
what if we had never watched those stars
on that summer night
when you saved me from my ghosts
where would I be without the person you were.
Would I have learned to feel
would I know what is real
what would replace the smile that has never faded
or the tears that never dried
would I have found my way back here?