tell me you want me
tell me you need me
tell me it's impossible to meet me
tell me your dreams
tell me you like me
tell me it's too hard to try me
i'm not a perfect boy
you're not the perfect girl
love ain't perfect, y'know
it's not a perfect world
we're living in
i won't be giving in
as long as i don't know what you're gonna tell me
i go to bed and i think of you
i get up and i think of you
in my dreams i see your face
all the nights and all the days
you're like a magnet to my thoughts
dream or nightmare all the same
it's like i've known you all the time
if you wouldn't exist, i'd given you a name
you'd be surprised of these thoughts of mine
it's eerie to listen to your inner voice
to listen to your fears, to your joys
you've said things i've written to myself
years ago as it happened to yourself
you're like a magnet to my thoughts
you know me better than i know myself it seems
but you don't seem to realise
perhaps we share these inner thoughts in our dreams
't may even happen in front of our eyes
he's tired of hiding his feelings
not that he's ashamed or shy
it's hurting him a lot more than expected
call it self-defense or a lie
bullets cannot reach him behind his wall
at least that's what he thought
now the gun's in his hand and he's firing a lot
for self-defense; he doesn't like to be caught
he's tired of hiding his feelings
as if he's running away from life
life awaits him and all he can see
are the benefits of nine to five
he's hurting himself and others
but they can't hear his call
unless he begins to set himself free
and break down the bricks in his wall
he's tired of hiding his feelings
he lies to himself every day
got to tell the world how he feels
for better or worse; come what may
he's been watching you for a while
cuz he knows you're the girl for him
his mind is buzzing like a bumble bee
each time he walks upon a wall so thin
it's the wall of desillusion
painted red by the fear of pain
he's tired of looking for the door
no more buzzin' or he'll turn insane
he's gonna watch
he's gonna leave
he's the man of make believe
the man of make believe
he's the man ... of make believe
he realizes time is short
and he'll probably miss the chance
to see the door may be open for a while
a split second when you ask him to dance
the buzzing in his head is playing games
and that's why he won't hear your call
he's gonna leave and you won't notice
he just can't face a bubblegum wall
inside this orange bubblegum, i've seen it
a perfect love of mother and child
if it were mine to dream, i'd dream it
i would be her bubblegum child
within the yellow painted walls, i've felt it
a bubblegum love unreal to this world
i listened to her story and i melted
all this love consuming this girl
supermama
if i could've been her child for just one day
supermama
then i wouldn't be the kid who's been given away
supermama
behind the curtains creamy green i knew it
that i ain't gonna be part of this all
i understand her fears, so i won't do it
even if my back's against the wall
barnyard girl, tell me what is life
is it more than dancing around
barnyard girl, how can you survive
from silence to deafening sound
barnyard girl, where do you get the time
to find all the answers you seek
barnyard girl, tell me how it's like
to be a mother five days a week
barnyard girl, you ain't an empty book
i'm glad you're more than a sultry cover
barnyard girl, you know you got the looks
so why don't you have a lover
barnyard girl, if life could be
a dance contest day after day
barnyard girl, then i'd like to be
the prize to be given away
i didn't mean to fall in love once more
i never knew that i was longing for
somebody new and what if she expects
that i'm a lover boy in search for sex
my friends they tell me that i worry too much
and that i idolize the meaning of touch
first impressions never lie they say
to me she was my dreadlock holiday
she's my dreadlock holiday
i wish i had the guts to say
that she's my dreadlock holiday
i'm only interested if it can last
cuz i've been hurt too much in the past
i'm hoping now that this could work out
she makes me scream, she makes me cry out loud
i noticed her about two years ago
she won a dance contest with a boy
if i knew then what i know today
i would have said "my dreadlock holiday"
there's a new crush interfering my days
it gives me a blush taking over my face
she's always happy and she's my sign
i was dreaming last night that she was mine
there's a new crush controlling my nights
feeding my blush exceeding the lights
she's irresistible and thirty-two
if she's in my dreams tonight, i don't know what to do
we weren't properly introduced
and now my mind is so confused
even in my dreams you got no name
at first i thought it was a game
i wonder what i mean to you
can someone tell me what to do
i got lost within your eyes
oh girl you struck me by surprise
you must have been born with that smile
it's a smile i can't forget
it's a smile i can't forget
a smile i can't forget
i gotta walk for thirty miles
if i wanna see your smile
i got no photograph of you
so running's what i gotta do
to see the girl born with that smile
it's a smile i can't forget
it's a smile i can't forget
a smile i can't forget
i've been staring at the midnight sky
all night long
i've been counting the planes flyin' by
all night long
as if they were falling stars
i've been thinkin' 'bout the words i'll use
for tomorrow
i've been changing metaphores to choose
for tomorrow
as if they're good luck charms
i've been dreaming my eyes wide open
till morning light
i've been cryin' i've been hopin'
till morning light
as if it would change my world
i've been kissing her in my mind
throughout the night
i've been wishing i could find
throughout the night
as if she's my dream girl
i couldn't sleep
i've been trying oh so hard
no sleep no sleep
there's a new day as reward
and still no sleep
it's sleep i need
i couldn't sleep
i've been thinking of my baby
she's what i need
that's what i know for sure not maybe
when i sleep
she's what i need
at 6am i ran out in a hurry
and i fell down on my knees
a friend of mine told me not to worry
jeez, i was just looking for my keys
the morning sun took away my sight
when i put my records in the trunk
i locked my car and i went back inside
but she was gone and i was drunk
i cursed my silly shyness once again
as i wouldn't see her anymore
still blaming myself for being half the man
i used to be when i was 24
i crawled backstage and pulled the sheets
of the bed i was hoping to die in
it made no sense to ignore my needs
for it hurt too much to think of crying
two hours later and already out of bed
and half a dozen dreams on my mind
was she for real and how could i get
to know the girl i was hoping to find
the rest of the day was spent in a daze
the rest of the day was spent in a crisis
the rest of the day was spent in a haze
it was the day i first saw iris
last night i really wondered
if you could read my mind
your thoughts sound so familiar
as if we're one of a kind
was all you said the truth
i can't believe you're a liar
you inflame my heart
still i'm afraid of the fire
you're saying what i'm thinking
that's too good to be true
could i be running out of luck
when i run away from you
but i'm so tired of running
you're the soul mate that i need
in this ice cold world of now
i want to feel the heat
excuse me for trying to make you happy
excuse me if i fail
i don't know if i'm doing right
by sending you a mail
excuse me for trying to make you happy
excuse me for being a fool
i'm just listening to my heart
yet scared to let love rule
excuse me for trying to make you happy
excuse me if i'm wrong
but i've never felt so much courage
i've never seen a girl so strong
the last six years i have been looking
for the girl who can score a perfect ten
i never could imagine it would be so hard
but now i know i'll never ever try again
there have been three girls in all those years
who have reached the score of nine
now i regret my wish for perfection
for they are only good friends of mine
she had to be different, non-smoking
and prefer a cat above a dog
and also be a vegetarian, athletic
intelligent and love to rock
her eyes must be inviting
her looks also exciting
and if there were no extra kid
then i know that she would fit
into my world
my perfect girl
oh god i hate my selfish dream
my crazy wish for perfection
as if a girl could only be won
in a silly game of election
i lost already a million chances
because my standards were too high
i'm through with looking for a ten
i could be waiting until i'd die
the last six years i have spent looking
for a dream girl not to be found
i've been looking only in one direction
while i felt alright whenever she was around
she's the closest to perfection to me
and i don't even want to know the score
election days are over for me
i realize she's the one i have been looking for