Thought I might get a rocket ride   When I was a child but it was a lie   That I told myself when I needed something good   At seventeen, had a better dream.   Now I'm thirty-three and it isn't me   But I'd think of something better if I could      All my friends and lovers leave me behind   I'm still looking for a girl   One way or another   I'm just hoping to find a way   To put my feet out in the world      Caught some grief from a falling leaf   As she tumbled down to the dirty ground   Said I should have put her back there if I could   But everyone needs a better day   And I'm trying to find me a better way   To get from the things I do to the things I should      All my friends and lovers leave me alone   To try to have a little fun   One way or another I just wish I had known   To go out walking in the sun   And find out if you were the one      Does it make you wanna come a little closer now?   And did you wanna dance with me?   Did you wanna hum a little harder now?   Can you see her waiting there?   Can you see her? Because I'm almost there   Can you see her waiting there for someone like me?      All you want is a beauty queen   Not a superstar but everybody's dream machine   All you want is a place to lay your head   You go to sleep dreaming how you would   Be a different kind if you thought you could   But you come awake the way you are instead      All my friends and lovers shine like the sun   I just turn and walk away   One way or another   I'm not coming undone   I'm just waiting for the day