Always Starting Over If/Then, the Musical Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey In my life I never thought I'd get a second chance I thought I was done ? then I met you And though I never dreamed I could learn how to love again I placed my bet And you came through I somehow still lost - I somehow always do This time feels new Thank you for finding me And thank you for the care - And fuck you for making me think that this life might be fair You promised to love me, a promise you kept And I won't be sorry that you said to leap and I lept I won't regret what I did then Though it hurts more than I could imagine back when All the same, even so I would love you all over again I always Starting over? - In a brand new story I always Back at one - After all I've done? 'Cause I've burned all of my bridges - And learned every last lesson too So how can I start new? I'll love our children, both fiercely and well When they ask about you, - oh lordy, the stories I'll tell And I won't regret the lives I didn't lead I knew you, I loved you, and let that be all that I need Say that it's fate Say it's foretold I'm through with fighting it I'm much too old What the gods have to give I'll take, and I'll live, and be bold If we're always Starting over - Every brand-new morning Then we're always Starting out - With the end in doubt We can leave life for tomorrow Or grieve all that we thought we'd do Or make each moment new All that has happened is happening now All that might happen is here, somehow All of the choices that made me me All of the accidents yet to be All that's ahead And all that's behind It's all in the moment I make up my mind And open my heart And start And start 'Cause we're always Starting over Every life we're living And we're always Just awake Every step we take And my love, our life is over But love, I'll make you one last vow To start over And over And over somehow My new life starts right... now