nowadays they want a soldier fighter

not a preacher writer or a mystery man

somebody told me that the future's brighter

make tomorrow lighter put it in your hands



but I don't wanna cry anymore

try anymore -- die anymore



heaven knows I'm impatient

I can't control these hands of fate

heaven knows I'm still waiting

are they too soon or am I too late



oh is that so

only heaven knows

well I wanna know

tell me is that so

only heaven knows

heaven only knows



here come the romeos the brave I told you so's

the travelling g.i. joes with come on lines

here come the great defenders

wh think they can befriend us

why do we all pretend to know these guys



well I don't wanna wait anymore

be late anymore -- hate anymore



heaven knows I'm impatient

I can't control these hands of fate

heaven knows I'm still waiting

are they too soon or am I too late



oh is that so

only heaven knows

well I wanna know

tell me is that so

only heaven knows

heaven only knows



what a strange design

it's a planet out of time

someone tell me why

is the world like that



oh heaven knows

I said oh heaven knows



heaven knows I'm impatient

I can't control these hands of fate

heaven knows I'm still waiting

are they too soon or am I too late



you resign yourself to a simple fate

to live your life by the sell by date

haul yourself up the same old hill

watch the world from your windowsill

we always want what we can't afford

so we listen out for the missing chord

the chord is there and it's in your mind

so why do you make it so hard to find