everything changes

let's take it day by day

minute by minute

let's look at the day

and see what's in it

it could be the future

It could be the past

all I know is

it will not last

           because everything changes

           no one is to blame

           everything changes

           nothing stays the same

for my own behalf

I never have been listened to 

in all my days on earth

everybody thinks they know 

what's best for me

they tell me that I'm always wrong 

and that I have no worth

they see my faults

but they don't know the rest of me

and that is why 

I'm leaving town today

one last goodbye 

and I'll be on my way

          I'm going where I can be alone

          with no one else around

          somewhere I can walk on my own path

          I'm going to find my own way home

          where I can hear the sound

          of my thoughts all for my own behalf

take me home

I just wanted to make magic

like the ones before me did

imitating others

because I was just a kid

I was learning from my elders

polishing my craft

going higher and higher

for my own behalf

          take me home

          I want to feel that feeling again

          take me home

          somewhere I don't have to pretend

          I've had my adventures

          out in the great unknown

          all I need from you

          is for you to take me home

somebody new

I don't want to be someone else

but I don't want to be myself

I want to be somebody new

I just want to be somebody new

someone with no future

someone with no past

someone with something that will always last

I want to be somebody new

I just want to be somebody new

          I'm tired of the same old same old

          I'm tired of the same old thing

          I'm tired of everybody

          I'm tired of everything

don't tell me I just need to calm down

I need somebody else around

I want to be somebody new

I just want to be somebody new

give me a reason and a bottle of wine

I need some hope in this life of mine

I want to be somebody new

I just want to be somebody new

          I'm tired of the life I'm living

          I'm tired of the things I do

          I'm tired of this world around me

          I'm tired of you

I'm gonna take a look around me

I'm glad dissatisfaction has found me

I want to be somebody new

I just want to be somebody new

I'm not the man that you've always known

I'm looking for a brand new home

I want to be somebody new

I just want to be somebody new

I want to be somebody new

I just want to be somebody new

somebody new

I keep dreaming

I need to dream

it's a problem I have

because no matter where I am

I can't be satisfied

I just can't help it

I need it so bad

it's a feeling inside me

that cannot be denied

          so I keep dreaming

          like a natural born fool

          I don't know what else to do

          'cause my dreams 

          always lead me back 

          to you

my story

hopefully I have some good years left

but you can never tell

I could fall off the highest mountain

or jump into a well

but I'm still out here trying

I can still live as myself

and hope that my story is not over

I don't remember much of childhood

but I got through it anyway

everything is still a blur

when it comes to younger days

so I'm out here making memories

what more can I say?

I'm hoping that my story is not over

          because there's so much to see

          friends that I don't know

          grant me just a little time

          we'll see how far I can go

          this planet is a great big world

          with lots of room to grow

          and still my story continues

each day is passing quickly

and old age is not a myth

and if you ask me what it's all about

I'll have to plead the fifth

but I still have the skills and tools

to spend my life with

I hope that my story is not over

          because there's so much to see

          friends that I don't know

          grant me just a little time

          to see how far I'll go

          this planet is a great big world

          with lots of room to grow

          and still my story continues

old man returning

I am an old man returning

to the secrets of my youth

back when my soul was burning

and I could see the truth

I am an old man returning

to the land of my home

it's the sweetest place I have ever known

I live inside my memories

today is not my friend

I cannot do what I please

I see hope growing thin

I live inside my memories

I cry sometimes and laugh

thinking about when I walked a straighter path

          oh, Lord, take me back

          when life was never wrong

          to the hometown of my childhood

          back where I belong

now I live in silence

I spend my days in fear

life has shown its violence

the end is drawing near 

now I live in silence

my future now has passed

I used to believe life would always last

I am an old man returning

to the scene of my youth

back when my soul was burning

and I could see the truth

I am an old man returning

to the land of my home

it's the sweetest place I have ever known