(Michael McDonaldCarol Bayer Sager)

Oh, I hand them this life

To do what they will

They've got to find their way from here

Oh, show us the way

If they only knew

Oh, show us the light

Show them what light?

It shines from within

You make your own day

You make your own night

And sometimes you win

Oh, show us the way

But you always get through

Oh, show us the light



Oh, why do they come and ask for more?

They've got stars they don't have wishes for

They're just givin' up their blame to me

How do the fools survive?



I'm wonderin' why, I'm wonderin' how

They're gonna bail themselves out now

Oh, give us this day

I'm shakin' my head

Oh, keep us through night



Oh, I hand them this life

To do what they will

They've got to find their way from here

Oh, show us the way

If they only knew

Oh, show us the light



Oh, why do they come and ask for more?

They've got stars they don't have wishes for

They're just givin' up their blame to me

How do the fools survive?



It's not like it was before

When they call I won't come running

It was so long ago

I left them on their own

Oh, how do the fools survive?