I've taken another turn   and I'll show you the page      I still believe   that if things can change   that they change for the better of it   if progress means more   then I'm simply misguided   [x2]      I've taken another turn   and I'll show you the page   one of has-been burns   the other one has been reformed      you never know when you'll be makin' your last b-side   I could be workin' on it right now as i write   eventually I'll retreat back to the salty air town    and be the stereotypical sailor of music   or chain-smoking in the studio   mad at the world   looking back to the could-of-beens or should-of-beens   and asking what I would-of-been   now uh-oh what was what but me   here to make chest cavity   glasses on hand   staring blankly out to congress street   telling tales of what had happened   I'd rather have a path such as this   than have the two teenagers with trendy haircuts wipe an eye   we're all some denomination to sunday forgiveness to justify our sweet sins   me deciding what tie I should wear   to match my briefcase and dress socks   surrounded by the work clock lines and instant coffee   you think this is a goal that summons more haunting than dot-dot-dot   it's a virus in the minds of robot-bot-bot-bot-bots   who aren't aware that the folks in the row   doing what they're told   and no matter how many times I touch it it's so frightening to me   just imagine a life of looking forward to that Disneyland vacation    and that obedient golden retreiver   let's all hop in the mid-life crisis car   and drive off to forgetting perfect life, perfect kids, perfect husband-and-wife   so it's fitting that an imperfect person is sitting and happy without the would-of-beens or could-of-beens or should-of beens      well I still believe that if things can change   that they change for the better   if progress means more    than I'm simply misguided   [x2]