(Tim Rice/John Farrar) Had to be No escape, no room for doubt No way out Seeing you, it was easy to decide Cut and dried Had to be Now we know why we exist Don't resist, don't even think at all Simply fall In love This is what Had to be She was easy to seduce Let her loose In a world where the fake and shallow shine She'll be fine Had to be She's a woman, nothing more Falling for whatever comes along She's so wrong A fool To herself Had to be Don't ever tell me How to live my life, tell me who I should love No don't ever tell me What to say or do in the life I will share with you Had to be (no one can tell me) For we get what we deserve (how I should live my life) Lose your nerve (no one can tell me) And the fates hustle in and take control (or take control) Of your soul Had to be Of your fool Had to be But the spark of hope remains And sustains the echo of a smile For a while (no one can tell me) We're fools To ourselves--have to be (no one has told me) We're fools (it had to be) To ourselves Had to be