Written In The Stars

(C)Here I am to tell (F)you we can (C)never meet (E7)again.

(Am)Simple really, isn't it?

A (G)word or two and then a (C)lifetime of not (G)(F)knowing where or (C)how or why or (E7)when.

You (Am)think of me or speak of me or (C)wonder what befell the (Dm7)someone you once loved so long (G)ago so well.

(C)Never wonder what I'll (F)feel as (C)living shuffles (E7)by.

(Am)You don't have to ask of me and (G)I need not reply.

(C)Ev'ry moment of my (F)life from (C)now until I (E7)die (Am)I will think or dream of you and (C)fail to understand how a (Dm7)perfect love can be confounded (G)out of hand.

Is it (C)written in the stars?

(G)Are we (Am)paying for some crime?

(C)Is that (F)all that we are good for,

just a (Dm7)stretch of mortal time?

(G)Is this (C)God's experiment (G)in (Am)which we have no say?

(C)In (F)which we're given paradise, but (Dm7)only (C)for (G)a day.

(C)Nothing can be altered.

(F)Oh, there (C)nothing to (E7)decide.

(Am)No escape, no change of heart,

nor (G)anyplace to hide.

(C)You are all I'll ever (F)want but (C)this I am (E7)denied.

(Am)Sometimes in my darkest thoughts I (C)wish I never learned what it (Dm7)is to be in love and have that (G)love returned.

Is it (C)written in the stars?

(G)Are we (Am)paying for some crime?

(C)Is that (F)all that we are good for,

just a (Dm7)stretch of mortal time?

(G)Is this (C)God's experiment (G)in (Am)which we have no say?

(C)In (F)which we're given paradise, but (Dm7)only (C)for (G)a day.

(Dm7)only (F)for a day.