Dm                        Bb
    Thought I might get a rocket ride
       F
When I was a child,
       C
But it was a lie.
      Dm                  Bb               F     A
That I told myself when I needed something good.
Dm             Bb
   At 17 had a better dream
        F          C
Now I'm 33, and it isn't me.
       Dm                  Bb          A
But I'd think of something better if I could.

Gm                 A
All my friends and lovers
     Dm         G
Will leave me behind,
Bb               F             A
   And I'm still looking for a girl.
Gm     A 
One way  or another
         Dm        G      Bb
I'm just hoping to find a way
          F               Bb
To put my feet out in the world.

Dm                          Bb
   Caught some grief from a falling leaf
       F                C
As she tumbled into the dirty ground,
          Dm                    Bb              F     A
And said I  should have put her back there if I could.
Dm                       Bb
   Well everyone needs a better day,
        F                   C
And I'm tryin' to find me a better way.
      Dm                      Bb                  A
To get   through the things I do and the things I should.

Gm                 A
All my friends and lovers
     Dm        G
Will leave me alone.
Bb          F             A
  To try to have a little fun.
Gm          A
One way or another
       Dm          G
I just wish I had known
Bb          F              Bb   F
  To go out walking in the sun.
Bb            F               G#   Bb
  To find out if you were the one.
                            G#         Bb
Do you wanna come a little closer now
G#  Bb
G#  Bb

        Am      Bb
Can you see her waiting there?
        Am            Bb
Can you see her she's almost there?
        Am      Bb      
can you see her waiting there for someone like me?
F  Bb
F  Bb

Dm                        Bb
   Well all you want is a beauty queen,
          F
But not a superstar,
         C              Dm          
But everybody's dream machine.
                  Bb                F     A
All you want is a place to lay your head.
Dm                          Bb
   You go to sleep dreamin' how you would
     F                     C
Be a different kind if you thought you could,
       Dm                Bb             A
But you   come awake the way you are instead.

Gm                 A
All my friends and lovers,
     Dm             G
They shine like the sun.
Bb              F             A
   Well I just turn and walk away.
Gm          A
One way or another
        Dm        G
I'm not comin' undone.
Bb         F               Bb
  I'm just waiting for the day.

Gm  A  Dm   G
Bb  F  A
Gm  A  Dm   G
Bb  F  Bb   F