could´ve been a politician
tell people what to do
with intellectual vision
hell, i could lie to you
could´ve been the inspiration
for a love song or a prayer
maybe start a new religion
would anybody really care

could´ve been, should´ve been
could´ve been me somehow
could´ve been, should´ve been
could´ve been me

well i´m not gonna get caught sittin´ about
waitin´ for the world to go ´round
it´s gonna be me, gonna be me
not should´ve, it´s gonna be me
somehow, yeah yeah, somehow, yeah yeah

could´ve been on television
just one more talking head
sell you an apparition
buy this, and you´ll wind up dead
if there´s a god above
i shouldn´t be so bad
it´s open to interpretation
the best time that we never had

could´ve been, should´ve been
could´ve been me somehow
could´ve been, should´ve been
could´ve been me

well i´m not gonna get caught sittin´ about
waitin´ for the world to go ´round
it´ gonna be me, gonna be me
not should´ve, it´s gonna be me
somehow

you beat yourself up over the thing you say
and someone else is losing their life today
before you walk away
start givin it up, livin´ it up, ´til you drop, you gotta
diddle it up, diddle it up, up ´til you - hey - hey

it´s gonna be me, gonna be me
i´ll promise it´s gonna be me
somehow

could´ve been, should´ve been
could´ve been me somehow
could´ve been, should´ve been
could´ve been me

well i´m not gonna get caught sittin´ about
waitin´ for the world to go ´round
it´s gonna be me, gonna be me
this time it´s gonna be me
somehow, someway, somehow
somehow, someway

it´s gonna be me, gonna be me
not should´ve, it´s gonna be me
somehow, someway, somehow
[fading]