I want to learn how to fly   I want to be respected   I want to get lucky   I want to get out of this dump   I just want to watch TV   I want to be loved   I want to be different   I want a brother and sister   I´d just rather be forgotten   I want to save the world   I want to be understood   I want to be rich   Man, I just want to be somebody      Julie´s got the word today   She lost her job just one last pay   Life don´t come easy anymore   Still strugglin´on by herself   Got a picture of Jimmy   There on the shelf   And she looks at him and says   Why did we let it go      I know that sometimes baby   We didn´t see things eye-to-eye   But I got just one question   Did we have to say goodbye      Just like prisoners in paradise   Still far from heaven´s door   We had it all but still we   Wanted more   Now I realize that I can´t   Turn back the future´s here   To stay but hey   We´re just children of tomorrow   Hangin´ on to yesterday      Jimmy still recalls the night   When he took his guitar   And headed on out   To find the big time   That was his dream   He gave up his past   And made it alright   But there´s something missin´   In his heart tonight   Sometimes what you want   Ain´t what you need      He misses drivin´ down   To the lake at night   Holdin´ his baby   In his arms so tight   Ain´t it hard to find illusions   When you´re livin´ in a memory      Just like prisoners in paradise   So close but yet so far   There will come a time   No matter who you are   When you ask yourself   Was it right or wrong   For me to turn away but hey   We´re just children of tomorrow   Hangin´ on to yesterday