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Artist: Jim Peterik
Canonical path: /jim-peterik/dear-life
Related lyric paths: 6
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Dear Life
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Dear Life
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Dear life, at your pleasure, this is my open letter
Need your help if this world is to survive
We have lost all perspective, all our dreams are rejected
Try your best to keep our hopes alive
It's in desperation I come to you, my heart is open wide
Dear life, here I stand in the palm of your hand
Dear life, all those nights I could call you friend
Dear life, this is a letter, an open letter to you
Dear life, times are tough, but our faith is strong
Dear life, give us hope when our hope is gone
Dear life, by your side I'll keep holding on, holding on, wo oh
For dear life
Dear life, I am broken, now I throw my heart wide open
There's a gnawing in my soul I can’t define
There's a shadow of a dreamer where there stood a believer
I will fight with a fury deep inside
You have stood beside me through thick and thin
You have always been my guide
Dear life, here I stand in the palm of your hand
Dear life, all those nights I could call you friend
Dear life, this is a letter, an open letter to you
Dear life, times are tough, but our faith is strong
Dear life, give us hope when our hope is gone
Dear life, by your side I'll keep holding on, holding on, wo oh
For dear life
This is my open letter
A bridge across forever
This is my open letter to you
Dear life, here I stand in the palm of your hand
Dear life, all those nights I could call you friend
Dear life, this is a letter, an open letter to you
Dear life, times are tough, but our faith is strong
Dear life, give us hope when our hope is gone
Dear life, by your side I'll keep holding on, holding on, wo oh
For dear life
This is my open letter
A bridge across forever
This is my open letter to you
This is my open letter
A bridge across forever
This is my open letter to you
This is my open letter
A bridge across forever
This is my open letter to you
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Jim Peterik performs "Dear Life", and this lyric page sits inside the Jim Peterik catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to A Capella (feat. Chez Kane) and A Kiss To Remember You By with a short reason for opening each page next.
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