From the recording Armageddon and other love songs.
Lyrics
Why can’t life be more like the movies,
Where the hero never dies,
Where the lighting’s almost always near perfect,
A happy end, we wipe our eyes,
So please, please tell me a story,
That sails on high, takes me away,
Of lover’s leaps of passion and glory,
Where angels sing and children play,
Why can’t life be more like a novel,
Where I can put it down and take some rest,
Whether history or mystery,
A soldier’s tale or wild west,
So please…
A private place that exists beyond the white noise,
Far from the static and debris,
Way out in space beyond a billion light-years,
Beyond the shores of Galilee,
Why can’t life be more like a song,
With a refrain that takes me home,
Just like some message in a bottle,
Between the lines, a hidden poem,
So please…