Love is real   It is not just in novels or the movies   It is fact   And it is standing here right in front of you   So if you open your eyes   Oh what a sweet discovery   There is hope, and there is joy, and there is acceptance   So now let all of the light that collects on your plants   Keep you warm, make you smile   And I will be there with this pen in my hand   To record all the while   You'll be laughing so loud   That the house would shake with sound   And everything will be as new as the day it was found   Love is real   It is not just in long distance commercials   Or something that you thought you felt back in high school   So I will turn black and white   Become that horoscope you're reading   It predicts something good is on its way   Oh, and then I will send you the world green and blue   In a box through the mail   You can open it up, hold it right in your hand   And be glad that it's there   And be glad that you're there   Now, you can feel all the knots in your stomach start to untie   And suddenly it's not so hard to say you're all right   Love is real   It is not just in poetry and stories   It is truth, and it will follow you   Everywhere you go from now on   So if you'd just cast off your doubt   Then your lips would answer for you   Oh my darling, when you smile, it is like a song   And I can hear it now   And I can hear it now   And I can hear it now   Yes, I can, I can, I can   I can hear it now   I can hear it now   Yeah, I can, I can, I can   I can hear it now   I can hear it now   I can hear it now   Yeah, I can, I can, I can   I can hear it now   I can hear it now