and if they don't believe me now
will they ever believe me?

if there's something you'd like to try
ask me, i won't say no
how could i?

i am human and i need to be loved
just like everybody else does

force emotions to the fore
but not for me of course, of course
i keep mine hidden

i've seen this happen in other people's lives
and now it's happening in mine

oh, people said that you were easily led
and they were half-right

all too soon i did return
just like a moth to a flame

two lovers entwined pass me by
and heaven knows i'm miserable now

do you think you've made the right decision this time?

i was looking for a job and then i found a job
and heaven knows i'm miserable now

so you go and you stand on your own, and you leave on your own
and you go home and you cry and you want to die

i could have been wild and i could have been free
but nature played this trick on me

but i can't believe that you'd ever care
and this is why you will never care

i am the son and heir
of nothing in particular

heavy words are so lightly thrown
but still i'd leap in front of a flying bullet for you

i'm going to meet the one i love
at last, at last, at last

sixteen, clumsy and shy, the story of my life
that's the story of my life

if you have five seconds to spare
then i'll tell you the story of my life

driving in your car, oh, please don't drop me home
because it's not my home, it's their home
and i'm welcome no more