nowadays they want a soldier fighternot a preacher writer or a mystery mansomebody told me that the future's brightermake tomorrow lighter put it in your hands  but I don't wanna cry anymoretry anymore -- die anymore  heaven knows I'm impatientI can't control these hands of fateheaven knows I'm still waitingare they too soon or am I too late  oh is that soonly heaven knowswell I wanna knowtell me is that soonly heaven knowsheaven only knows  here come the romeos the brave I told you so'sthe travelling g.i. joes with come on lineshere come the great defenderswh think they can befriend uswhy do we all pretend to know these guys  well I don't wanna wait anymorebe late anymore -- hate anymore  heaven knows I'm impatientI can't control these hands of fateheaven knows I'm still waitingare they too soon or am I too late  oh is that soonly heaven knowswell I wanna knowtell me is that soonly heaven knowsheaven only knows  what a strange designit's a planet out of timesomeone tell me whyis the world like that  oh heaven knowsI said oh heaven knows  heaven knows I'm impatientI can't control these hands of fateheaven knows I'm still waitingare they too soon or am I too late  you resign yourself to a simple fateto live your life by the sell by datehaul yourself up the same old hillwatch the world from your windowsillwe always want what we can't affordso we listen out for the missing chordthe chord is there and it's in your mindso why do you make it so hard to find