After All

Always thinkin' about the days gone by

When my childhood eyes saw only hills and sky

But I'm not the simple-minded girl I used to be

Now I've learned to picture life in its reality

And I found

After all the searching, life was only how I played it

After all the searching for new games to play

After all the searching, life was only what I made it

After all the searching for new games to play

I live my life

Saw a dragon shake cathedral walls

While a steeple bells rang out in anguish call

Then I turned my eyes to see a bird fly overhead

And I dreamed its wings of freedom could be mine instead

And I found

After all the dreaming, through the bitter sleep just fading

After all the dreaming, now at last I see

After all the dreaming, through the bed were sounds to aid him

After all the dreaming, time has passed by me

I live my life

Oh, and I do find

(Ah) after all the searching, life was only how I played it

(Ah) after all the searching for new games to play

(Ah) after all the searching, life was only what I made it

(Ah) after all the searching, time has passed by me

(Ah) I live my life

(Ah) I live my life (ah)

(Ah)

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