F# C#
I wish that life was like it is in the movies,
D#m B
'cause the hero always gets his way.
F# C#
No matter how hard it gets on that dark, lonely road,
D#m B
at the end he's got a smile on his face.
F# C#
But when they threw me out to the lions,
E B
no one saved me as I fell from your grace.
F# C#
And no one wrote me new lines for what I said wrong,
E B
and what I did wrong I could not erase.
F# C#
This is real life, this is real love,
D#m B
this is real pain, that much I'm sure of.
F# C# B C#
These are real tears, these are real fears inside that I can't hide
- B ~ ~ F# C#
I wish that I could be a white knight in armor,
D#m B
with an army just to bring you back home.
F# C#
But I'll admit I'm scared of dialing your number,
D#m B
and someone else is gonna answer the phone.
F# C#
Why can't it be like it is on TV,
E B
when the orchestra plays and you come back to me.
REFRAIN
F# C#
This is real life, this is real love,
D#m B
these are real wounds that I'm bleeding from,
G#m C#
and I realize this is real.
E G#m B F#
I always thought that our love was a story book tale.
E B G#m - B C# C#7
God knows that I'd never dream in the end it would fail. 'Cause