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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