Ugly Duckling - I Want To Believe lyrics

Yeah yeah, I've heard it before It's just a bunch more words that I'm sure to ignore This time I'll need evidence, you know exhibit A And if it's secret, leak it, give it away You'll drop hints, but never a fact And it's a trap, gonna have to do better than that I don't wanna be a fool, I'm feeling naive So please write it all down, leave it easy to read In clear, concise, nice plain English I get tripped up trying to distinguish The pimp from the pastor, meek from the moocher So tell me then, are you a friend or a user Who sets a trap like a web to a fly So come right and exact, look me dead in the eye And don't sell me, promise me, tell me Honestly, why [Chorus:] Can you give me some kind of sign A meaning defined so I can believe Can you give me a way to be sure I can trust in your word Cause that's what I need Can you give me a reason for change You'll need to explain so I can believe Can you give me a moment of truth And indisputable proof cause that's what I need Because I wanna believe, I wanna believe Because I wanna believe, I wanna believe Ok I made my point, I'll need to see it to believe it And anyway, faith is so inconvenient Dealing with the guilt, feeling hypocritical I just end up being sick and miserable Life's fast, I need to try to maximize Self gratify, till I collapse and die What then, I don't wanna think about it It's too deep, I gotta keep my head clouded So give me entertainment and happy pills And we'll pretend it's all sunshine and daffodils It's what I've done since I was two years old And if it's true you can lose your soul Well I just laugh at your statement of facts Don't say absolute, you'll get taken to task I don't really wanna change and my life is in vain Then I ask [Chorus] Because I wanna believe, but I don't wanna believe Because I wanna believe, but I don't wanna believe I wanna believe, but I don't wanna believe Einstein take me on outta here