IF I TOLD YOU THAT LIFE IS A COMEDY,    TELL ME WOULD YOU LAUGH AT ME,   AND WOULD THE LAUGHTER SET YOU FREE      AND IF I TOLD YOU THAT YOU WERE THE ONE FOR ME,   WOULD IT HELP TO MAKE YOU SEE,   WE COULD LIVE SO EASILY      AND IF I TOLD YOU THAT WE COULD FALL   WOULD YOU EVEN COME AROUND AT ALL      IF I TOLD YOU THAT LIFE IS A TRAGEDY,   WOULD YOU TURN AWAY FROM ME,    WOULD YOU SEE THE IRONY      AND IF I TOLD YOU THAT I THINK I NEEDED SPACE,   WOULD YOU UP AND SLAP MY FACE,   WOULD IT HELP TO MAKE YOUR CASE         AND IF I TOLD YOU THAT WE COULD FALL   WOULD YOU EVEN COME AROUND AT ALL      LIFE CAN BE SO STRANGE, SO SUBJECT TO CHANGE,    SO DON'T TRY TO REARRANGE   SPIRITS THAT ARE BROKEN, WORDS LEFT UNSPOKEN   LIFES AWOKEN       IF I TOLD YOU THAT LIFE IS A MELODY,   WOULD YOU COME AND PLAY FOR ME,   WOULD THE MUSIC TAME THE BEAST      AND IF I TOLD YOU THAT IT'S ALRIGHT TO DANCE AROUND,    MOVE YOUR BODY TO THE SOUND,   WOULD I BE WITHIN MY BOUNDS      AND IF I TOLD YOU THAT WE COULD FALL   WOULD YOU EVEN COME AROUND AT ALL      LIFE CAN BE SO STRANGE, SO SUBJECT TO CHANGE,    SO DON'T TRY TO REARRANGE   SOULS TO BE MENDED, POSITIONS DEFENDED   LIFES UPENDED