F C
I wish that life was like it is in the movies,
Dm A#
'cause the hero always gets his way.
F C
No matter how hard it gets on that dark, lonely road,
Dm A#
at the end he's got a smile on his face.
F C
But when they threw me out to the lions,
D# A#
no one saved me as I fell from your grace.
F C
And no one wrote me new lines for what I said wrong,
D# A#
and what I did wrong I could not erase.
F C
This is real life, this is real love,
Dm A#
this is real pain, that much I'm sure of.
F C A# C
These are real tears, these are real fears inside that I can't hide
- A# ~ ~ F C
I wish that I could be a white knight in armor,
Dm A#
with an army just to bring you back home.
F C
But I'll admit I'm scared of dialing your number,
Dm A#
and someone else is gonna answer the phone.
F C
Why can't it be like it is on TV,
D# A#
when the orchestra plays and you come back to me.
REFRAIN
F C
This is real life, this is real love,
Dm A#
these are real wounds that I'm bleeding from,
Gm C
and I realize this is real.
D# Gm A# F
I always thought that our love was a story book tale.
D# A# Gm - A# C C7
God knows that I'd never dream in the end it would fail. 'Cause