Penny for my thoughts   Make a wish and toss it down   Into the well   But the well's run dry   Every thought evaporates on my tongue       Promised I'd try to show you what I feel inside   I keep to myself   Because there's nothing left   Nothing really there to hide   Or confide      CHORUS:   This is something I have to do   Maybe not thought-provoking   But it's just what I promised you   And you thought I was joking      This is my life   Like someone else's diary   Edited out   Factual and dry   Sterilized for public view   Nothing new      Still I hold hope inside   That someday my words will run free   To play out my part   In something bigger than me