It's funny how it starts
just how it all begins
You get your sights on dreams
and man a thousand different things

You are on for yourself
you're chasing cool desire
You get addicted fast
but man you're playin' with fire

Then there's a day that comes to you
When you get all you want,
but there's a space inside
that's still as empty as it was

'Till an angel comes your way
and man she's fallin fast
You know she's so in need
but she is to afraid to ask

So you hold on out your hands
and catch her best you can
And in givin' love
you feel a better man

And the gift is what you get
by givin' more than you receive
And you're learnin' fast that maybe
this is how you'll be happy

'Cause in takin' everything you lost
the air you need to breath
But in givin' it away
you found the precious thing you seek

It's funny how she smiles
how grateful she is now
And how that touches me
deep in my heart somehow

Yet the mirror laughs at me
when I forget myself
When I complain about
this hand that I got dealt

And if I had know before
how much she change my life
I'd sure go back in time and tell that guy

hey, man
You can do better than this, you can answer your prayers
You can grant your own wish

Just hold on out your hands
and give the most you can
And I swear to you
you'll feel a better man

And the gift is what you get
by givin' more than you receive
And you're learnin' fast that maybe
this is how you'll be happy

'Cause in takin' everything you lost
the air you need to breath
But in givin' it away
you found the precious thing you seek

And it's better by far
to do what you do now
And leave the rest to love
Just be strong in who you are

Once you start on that road
You're safe in the knowledge
That anyway you go
Will lead you home
lead you home (lead you home)

And the gift is what you get
by givin' more than you receive
And you're learnin' fast that maybe
this is how you'll be happy

'Cause in takin' everything you lost
the air you need to breath
But in givin' it away
you found the precious thing you seek

so precious, precious, precious, precious...(oh yeah)
so precious, precious, precious, precious...(oh yeah)
so precious, precious, precious, precious...(you are)
so precious, precious, precious, precious...(you are)

And the gift is what you get
by givin' more than you receive
And you're learnin' fast that maybe
this is how you'll be happy

'Cause in takin' everything you lost
the air you need to breath
But in givin' it away
you found the precious thing you seek