Lost in a dream, got lost in a dream
Clawed my way out, now I'm wondering
Could this feeling linger longer?
Could I sing it in a song?
Tables and doors, ceilings and floors
Grab the attention of my eyes
But my mind is elsewhere
It's somewhere up there
I'm flying high while she pays the bus fare
I wander time and again
But she knows how to get around
She's a nine, she's a ten
She's a star in a sleepy town
She's my baby, knows how to get around
Maybe I've fallen a little too hard
Jump to conclusions, she can't jump that far
She can't make the leap
I bought a vase and now I keep it in my closet
Till the day that she can see that I was honest
And I only ever wanted to be home
I wander time and again
But she knows how to get around
She's a nine, she's a ten
She's a star in a sleepy town
She's my baby, knows how to get around
So I wait by the door
And I wait till I hear the sound
I don't change anymore
'Cause I think that I got it down
You know better, know how to get around
Ooh, my subconscious thought turned off
Ooh, my inner dialogue's alive
And asking pressing questions back and forth
But I won't hide behind the metaphor
Won't you please ask me to leave
Wear your backbone on your sleeve
You know better
Won't you please ask me to leave
Wear your backbone on your sleeve
You know better
I wander time and again
But she knows how to get around
She's a nine, she's a ten
She's a star in a sleepy town
She's my baby, knows how to get around
(Won't you please ask me to leave) So I wait by the door
And I wait till I hear the sound
(Wear your backbone on your sleeve) I don't change anymore
'Cause I think that I got it down
You know better, know how to get around
Won't you please ask me to leave
Wear your backbone on your sleeve
You know better
(She's my baby)
Everybody likes to talk, kid
Everybody likes it overblown
Everybody likes to come to their conclusions on their own
But you know better
Everybody likes to talk, kid
But they don't like talkin' when everyone's around
Everybody likes to hide their face
When they must face the crowd
But you know better, know how to get around
I wander time and again
But she knows how to get around
She's a nine, she's a ten
She's a star in a sleepy town
She's my baby, knows how to get around
So I wait by the door
And I wait till I hear the sound
I don't change anymore
'Cause I think that I got it down