This is Life
[DONNY]
If we were in a MGM film
We would kiss and walk through that door there
If we were in a radio play
We'd admit we're friends but there's more there

[JULIA]
If we were singing Hammerstein songs
We could fix all the wrongs in rhyme
But this life with the heartache it brings
And we know that these things take time

[DONNY]
If we were in a Hemingway book
We would laugh and drink 'till the morning
If this were a ballet then I might
Sweep you off your feet without warning

[JULIA]
Or film noir with a dangerous affair
I would ask if you'd care to stay
But this is life
And I'm wondering if we should play it a different way
[DONNY]
Maybe perfect nights of celebration

[JULIA]
Hotel hallway brief flirtation

[BOTH]
Might be overrated
Life's more complicated

[DONNY]
We could write our take on it

[JULIA]
In our rooms alone, shake on it

[DONNY]
Shake on it
This is not a Shakespearian scene
To declare my love in a sonnet
It's not Walt Disney's fairytale view of a time
And we're once upon it

[JULIA]
This is not classic opera romance
Where there'd be a good chance I'd swoon
No, this is life on the edge of a cliff
And we're singing a different tune
[BOTH]
Movies show the confusion we feel
Wrapped up in the last reel

[JULIA]
So tight

[DONNY]
So tight

[BOTH]
But this is life
Not a scripted cliche
So it's best that we say goodnight