Well I hoped and I prayed, I loved you from afar   I cried, and I dreamed, wished on every star   But nothin' I'd do got me closer to you   So I locked all my feelings inside      Then one night across a crowded room   You looked my way, your eyes held something new   You walked right up to me and smiled tenderly   And your words came as such a surprise      Well how was I to know   You never let it show   What a beauty like you might see   In a poor boy like me   How could I have seen   You walk out of my dreams   Shine your light on my sleepin' heart   And into my soul   How was I to know      You took my hand and led me out the door   We talked and we laughed   'Bout all the times before   When two lonely people so much in love   Passed like ships in the night      Well how was I to know   You never let it show   What a beauty like you might see   In a poor boy like me   How could I have seen   You walk out of my dreams   Shine your light on my sleepin' heart   And into my soul   How was I to know      How could I have seen   You walk out of my dreams   Shine your light on my sleepin' heart   And into my soul   How was I   How was I to know