There's a thousand lives that I could now be leading And a thousand different ways that I could find to feel the same I could be a cloistered nun, a cosmic yoga teacher Or a shrink who only helps because it helps to be insane But it's hard to sing a tender tune That you are half-remembering When the radio is blaring out The big hit of the day That's life, that's life And I wouldn't have it any other way I wouldn't have it any other way Maybe I could be a moonwalk-talking astronaut Umbilicalled to oxygen, in case I float away Then I don't suppose I ever would have met you Would have travelled up the escalator facing the wrong way And it's hard to think about a face That you have half-forgotten When this great big smile is grinning As I clear the plates away That's life, that's life And I wouldn't have it any other way I wouldn't have it any other way And it scares me to think how close I came To never having met you Now you know you won't fall so very far 'Cause I'm never gonna let you down There's a thousand things that I could now be buying And a thousand different ways to soothe this existential pain There's a thousand destinations I'd be flying to All I have to do is hop on board that ever-waiting plane But all these empty promises That dress up like solutions From all the substitutions I choose you and you again That's life, that's life And I wouldn't have it any other way I wouldn't have it any other way I wouldn't have it any other way