in a perfect world it would never end like this

there'd be something we could do

in a perfect world lovers wake up with a kiss

and their wishes all come true

but here we are i thought you belonged to me

it seemed like the perfect arrangement

ain't it funny when you find how wrong you can be



oh this ain't no perfect world

i've got my problems

no this ain't no perfect world

you've got your problems too

now what do we do



in a perfect world i'd have been the boy you need

i'd have been somebody else

in a perfect world you'd have been the girl for me

you could have been yourself

we're dying for love but we're not afraid to drop our guard

we're lost in a world gone crazy

where the men won't grow up and the women get so hard



i don't know if we'll wind up friends

i don't know if we'll wind up strangers

cause i've never had to walk away from anybody

i wanted as much as you