long years of waiting

forget about good luck

you can't count on it coming

good luck don't mean nothing

it's just wasting your time

nose to the grindstone

work as hard as you can

then you'll understand

good luck's what you find

when you've been busy

doing what you're supposed to do

it might make you dizzy

but working is good for you

so get ready

it's here

the time 

is drawing near

when you will be rewarded

at last

your long years of waiting

have passed

and forget about hard times

they're all going away

so what can you say

they've come to an end

you're finally free now

you've done all you know

it's time that you grow

into your own best friend

I'll tell you a secret

that no one has heard

the love that's inside you

is more than a word

so get ready

it's now

your heart will show you how

move on

the long years of waiting

have gone

missing

I went looking for myself

but I was missing

I couldn't find me

no matter how hard I looked

I looked under bridges

I looked under rocks

I looked at art and movies

and children's picture books

I looked so hard to find myself

pity how I tried

the one place I forgot to look

was hidden deep inside

I went looking for my story

but it was missing

somewhere with my history

it vanished into the air

I searched the whole town over

for whatever I could find

but everywhere I went

there was nothing there

I looked so hard to see myself

not knowing what I'd find

the one place I forgot to look

was hidden in my mind

          Lord, give me the courage

          to face myself within

          I believe the time is right

          let the games begin

I went looking for an answer

but I didn't know the question

it never occured to me

to look at first things first

somewhere I was damaged

my bearings lost control

it's either nothing or everything

I don't know which is worse

I tried so hard to be myself

but it was tearing me apart

the one place I forgot to look

was deep inside my heart

days left behind

I was thinking about 

the days left behind

I knew they were there

in the back of my mind

I never go back there

but today I did

I started remembering

when I was a kid

it was no fun

people were mean

I found my escape

on a theater screen

showing movies both

funny and sad

that was the childhood

I had

my imagination

kept me alive

those images I saw

with my very own eyes

I dreamed I was up there

a big movie star

nobody could hit me

or cause any harm

but then I'd walk out

in the hot midday sun

alone and forsaken

the fight had begun

and deep in my mind

I'm still there in the dark

reality, fantasy

I can't tell them apart

and there I remain

until this very day

when I've decided to give

my fantasies away

I now live my life

the way it should be

nothing to hide from

except being me

tic tac toe (rewrite 1)

life is like playing tic tac toe

I never can land three in a row

I can do one, maybe two

but three I just can't do

I can count

I've been to school

I haven't broken any rules

I try time and time and time again

knowing that someday I'll win

people say it's easy to try

but victory always passes me by

I choose one square, and then another

I figure it's one or the other

but I always fail

I always lose

I never know quite what to choose

I'll find my way around it though

give me a chance at tic tac toe

you've got three

draw a straight line

maybe I'll win another time

when luck finally goes my way

it's going to happen one sweet day

it's hard to hope when you're blue

but hoping I know how to do

there's one question I want to know

would you like to play tic tac toe?

tic tac toe

real life is like playing tic tac toe

I never can land three in a row

I can do one, maybe two

but three is something I just can't do

I know how to count

I've been to school

I've tried to break all the rules

I try time and time and time again

whatever I do, I just can't win

people say it's easy to try

but winning always passes me by

I choose one square, and then another

I figure it's either one or the other

but I always fail

I always lose

I never know quite what to choose

I'll find my way around it though

give me a chance at tic tac toe

you've got three

draw a straight line

maybe I'll win another time

when luck is strong and going my way

it's going to happy one sweet day

it's hard to hope when you're feeling blue

but hoping is something I know how to do

with all I can and all I know

would you like to play tic tac toe?

waiting right here (rewrite 1)

I would like to make some friends

but that means I have to go outside

and that's too much work right now

I'm here patiently waiting

God knows how much I've tried

I want to know you, but I don't know how

I hang around trying

and there's no denying

I'm lonesome as I can be

where is that someone

I know that they'll come

and my sorrow will be set free

          will you talk to me

          will you lend me an ear

          if you are lonely

          I'm waiting right here

open and unlock your front door

look at the sidewalk and the street

maybe I'm coming your way

I look at the faces

on all the people I meet

but this loneliness won't go away

I'm looking for action

a little satisfaction

I don't need to run and hide

someday I'll see you

and wishes will come true

and then my fears will subside

          will you talk to me

          please don't disappear

          if you are lonely

          I'm waiting right here

someday will you notice me

that's what I tell myself

even though I doubt that it's true

and I won't be thinking

I'm someone else

or pretending I'm somebody new

but until that day

would you look my way

enough to help me see

there's a chance that you

know what to do

in regards to me

          will you talk to me

          there's nothing for you to fear

          if you are lonely

          I'm waiting right here

waiting right here

I would like some friends

but that means I go outside

and that's just too much work right now

I'm patiently waiting

but Lord knows how much I've tried

I want to know you, but I don't know how

I hang around trying

and there's no denying

I'm lonesome as I can be

where is that someone

I know that they'll come

and my sorrow will be set free

          will you talk to me

          will you lend me an ear

          if you are lonely

          I'm waiting right here

open your front door

look at the sidewalk and the street

maybe I'm coming your way

I look at their faces

the people I meet

and this loneliness won't go away

I'm looking for action

and some satisfaction

I don't need to run and hide

someday I'll see you

and wishes will come true

and then my fears wilkl subside

          will you talk to me

          please don't disappear

          if you are lonely

          I'm waiting right here