I know you've been discouraged And love has never been a friend to me We both wandered in just in time To find out that love was still waiting It was just like in the movies My hero came to rescue me We moved through the night holding on There's no letting go now that we both believe And I believe in you and me It's gonna take a lifetime To get out of this one It's gonna be forever this time Like the waters run deep Our love will be strong It's gonna take a lifetime To convince me I'm wrong The night is slowly fading The shadows trace your every move The look in your eyes telling me: "Baby, I can't live without you" Now my heart has found its cradle And your love has found a place to call its own Somehow I know, oh-whoa Somehow we've finally found our way home It's gonna take a lifetime To get out of this one It's gonna be forever this time Like the waters run deep Our love is so strong It's gonna take a lifetime To convince me I'm wrong I'm watching you, so breathlessly I know sometimes you're watching me When we get close, it takes me higher Than I ever dreamed I'm gonna love you endlessly Endlessly, yeah It's gonna take a lifetime To get out of this one, baby Now I never doubted our love would survive I'm right here for ya, baby It's gonna take a lifetime To get out of this one It's gonna be forever this time Like the waters run deep This love, this love will be strong It's gonna take forever To convince me I'm wrong Convince me I'm wrong, yeah Like the waters run deep This love is so strong It's gonna take a lifetime To get out of this one, oh...