C G
I wish that life was like it is in the movies,
Am F
'cause the hero always gets his way.
C G
No matter how hard it gets on that dark, lonely road,
Am F
at the end he's got a smile on his face.
C G
But when they threw me out to the lions,
A# F
no one saved me as I fell from your grace.
C G
And no one wrote me new lines for what I said wrong,
A# F
and what I did wrong I could not erase.
C G
This is real life, this is real love,
Am F
this is real pain, that much I'm sure of.
C G F G
These are real tears, these are real fears inside that I can't hide
- F ~ ~ C G
I wish that I could be a white knight in armor,
Am F
with an army just to bring you back home.
C G
But I'll admit I'm scared of dialing your number,
Am F
and someone else is gonna answer the phone.
C G
Why can't it be like it is on TV,
A# F
when the orchestra plays and you come back to me.
REFRAIN
C G
This is real life, this is real love,
Am F
these are real wounds that I'm bleeding from,
Dm G
and I realize this is real.
A# Dm F C
I always thought that our love was a story book tale.
A# F Dm - F G G7
God knows that I'd never dream in the end it would fail. 'Cause