Tasha's got a room at the county shelter   The cops took her there when her mama got hauled away   Little brother and her can't even stay together   She cries each night wondering why it's gotta be this way      And she says "I wish I was anyone but me"   Yeah she'd pack her life in a heartbeat for a little change of scenery      And she keeps looking for a better place   Somewhere she can wear a smile upon her face   A home to welcome with a warm embrace   There's no way to disguise her lonely eyes   Looking for a better place      Bobby's doing time in youth detention   Pulled a switch blade knife on some boy making fun at school   And all he wanted was a little attention   And a temporary escape from the ridicule   And now he's in real deep with the freaks and the criminals   And he wonders when his time is up if he'll know himself at all      And he keeps dreaming of a better place   Somewhere he can have a little room to make mistakes   A home to help him wash the past away   Oh he don't need too much, just a little love   In a better place   In a better place      Jamie's got a room in a 3-story brick home   Daddy makes a lotta money, mama keeps all her laundry clean   And she's got a $200 Abercrombie outfit on   Drives a brand new car that she got when she turned 16   Still she spends every night getting high with her so-called friends   And she's dropping hundred dollar bills on quarterbags, says she's never coming down again      And she keeps looking for a better place   Failing to realize how good she's got it made   Her loving home, she don't appreciate   Oh it's crazy but it's true, she doesn't have a clue   She's living in a better place   In a better place      In a better place   We're all lookin for a better place