I can't promise it's in the same key as Jason wrote it, as I don't have the sheet music
a piano. But I wanted to play it so I've been singing with these chords and I really
the sound. It's perfect in the lower soprano range as I have it tabbed here.
Hopefully you'll like it, too!
I met a man without a dollar to his name
who had no traits of any value but his smile
I met a man who had no yearn or claim to fame
who was content to let life pass him for a while
and I was sure that all I ever wanted
was a life like the movie stars led
and he kissed me right here, and he said
"I'll give you stars and the moon and a soul to guide you
and a promise I'll never go.
I'll give you hope to bring out all the life inside you
and the strength that will help you grow.
I'll give you truth and a future that's twenty times better
than any Hollywood plot."
And I thought, 'You know, I'd rather have a yacht.'
I met a man who lived his life out on the road
who left a wife and kids in Portland on a whim
I met a man whose fire and passion always showed
who asked if I could spare a week to ride with him
but I was sure that all I'd ever wanted
was a life that was scripted and planned
And he said, "But you don't understand...
I'll give you stars and the moon and the open highway
and a river beneath your feet.
I'll give you days full of dreams if you travel my way
and a summer you can't repeat.
I'll give you nights full of passion and days of adventure,
No strings, just warm summer rain."
And I thought, 'You know, I'd rather have champagne.'
I met a man who had a fortune in the bank
who had retired at age thirty, set for life.
I met a man and didn't know which stars to thank,
and then he asked one day if I would be his wife.
And I looked up, and all I could think of
was the life I had dreamt I would live.
And I said to him, 'What will you give?'
"I'll give you cars and a townhouse in Turtle Bay,
and a fur and a diamond ring.
And we'll be married in Spain on my yacht today
and we'll honeymoon in Beijing.
And you'll meet stars at the parties I throw at my villas
in Nice and Paris in June."
and I thought, "Okay."
And I took a breath,
and I got my yacht,
and the years went by,
and it never changed,
and it never grew,
and I never dreamed...
And I woke one day,
and I looked around,
and I thought, 'My God....
I'll never have the moon.'