D A
I wish that life was like it is in the movies,
Bm G
'cause the hero always gets his way.
D A
No matter how hard it gets on that dark, lonely road,
Bm G
at the end he's got a smile on his face.
D A
But when they threw me out to the lions,
C G
no one saved me as I fell from your grace.
D A
And no one wrote me new lines for what I said wrong,
C G
and what I did wrong I could not erase.
D A
This is real life, this is real love,
Bm G
this is real pain, that much I'm sure of.
D A G A
These are real tears, these are real fears inside that I can't hide
- G ~ ~ D A
I wish that I could be a white knight in armor,
Bm G
with an army just to bring you back home.
D A
But I'll admit I'm scared of dialing your number,
Bm G
and someone else is gonna answer the phone.
D A
Why can't it be like it is on TV,
C G
when the orchestra plays and you come back to me.
REFRAIN
D A
This is real life, this is real love,
Bm G
these are real wounds that I'm bleeding from,
Em A
and I realize this is real.
C Em G D
I always thought that our love was a story book tale.
C G Em - G A A7
God knows that I'd never dream in the end it would fail. 'Cause