Maybe there's a reason why we broke up I could dedicate my life to something new But I must have been asleep but then I woke up Working out why I was still with you All the things I wish I could have been Wouldn't I be someone , someone And I would be respected In the prime of my life , I'll do ev'rything right I'll begin Wouldn't I be something , something I would get a reputation In the prime of my life , I'll do ev'rything right I'll begin Midnight stars are shining on my shoeshine
Telling me the things I'm gonna be Now the hurts all gone , I've pushed them all behind me And the world is gonna fall in love with me All the things I wish I could have been Wouldn't I be someone , someone And I would be respected In the prime of my life, I'll do ev'rything right I'll begin Wouldn't I be something, something I would get a reputation In the prime of my life , I'll do ev'rything right I'll begin