I ACT AS IF

Each day I wake up with a song

A million new ideas before me

As if I'd centuries to spend

And yet I savour deep and long

The many pleasures life has for me

As if tomorrow it might end

I say because of loving you

I can forget all pain and sorrow

As if the world was only good

I say the golden age is due

And brotherhood of man will follow

As if I still believed it could

And though the world is as it is,

I make believe

And though the world is as it is,

I act as if

I act as if, as if

I make my children's dreams come true

Nothing so hard to do, but trying

As if I ruled the Universe

But sometimes when I'm feeling blue

Each day would dry the tears I'm crying

As if our roles were in reverse

I want to give them faith to see

That they will move the mountain ranges

As if the choice was mine by right

And I prepare them fervently

For futures free of fears and dangers

As if I felt no doubt or fright

And though the world is as it is,

I make believe

And though the world is as it is,

I act as if

I act as if, as if

I tell myself there's not a thing

Can break apart a love enduring

As if death were an unknown word

I say no force on earth

Can bring a change from loving to abhorring

As if that never had occurred

And yet I savour deep and long

The many pleasures life has for me

As if tomorrow it might end

Each day I wake up with a song

A million new ideas before me

As if I'd centuries to spend

And though the world is at it is,

I make believe

And though the world is at it is,

I act as if

I act as if, as if