You're so tired Sunday morning

Life has got you on your knees

Next door is playing gospel music

Get high on second-hand belief

You lean your head against the window and

You finally start to cry

And then you hear the empty metre

It's not upstairs, it's not outside

Later on they're playing that same music

And they'll be playing it all night

Oh, come on and stretch you're arms out

Pretend that everything's alright

Can I get what I want?

Can I do it?

I'm trying oh!

Can you get what you want?

And can you do it without lying? No!

Can I get what I want?

Can I do it?

I'm trying oh!

Can you get what you want?

And can you do it without lying? No!

You can still hear your father singing

Every **** is a star!

But now it's something you're not sure of

So you sell your new guitar

And now you know, you know he loved you

He just could not stay sane

You watched him lose his mind in public

While your cheeks burned up in shame

So tell me would you do it different?

Hmm

It doesn't matter 'cause you can't!

Don't bother changing up the music

If you just do the same old dance

And they're still playing that same music

You like it more than you thought you would

Oh, come on, push your back out

Stop pretending you're only good!

Can I get what I want, can I do it?

I'm trying oh

Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying? No!

Can I get what I want? Can I do it?

I'm trying oh!

Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying? No!

Don't let them break you in half

Divide you up and hand you out for fun

You're like a comet, a gutter-dwelling star

We want to know what you would do down here

You've spent your whole life turning

Like a lost penny in a wheel

And no one knows which way to point you

No one can tell you how to feel

And I don't want to fight this feeling, no

I'd much rather fight with you

'Cause I am out of things to run from and I am out of things to prove

And I can do it, I can leave it

I can give it up all night

I just want someone to believe it

Someone who'll keep me in their sights

They say Maria's got a problem

I've probably got ten

Be nice, I'm lose-lose-lose-lose-losing, but I might win again!

Can I get what I want Can I do it? I'm trying oh!

Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying? No!

Can I get what I want? Can I do it? I'm trying oh!

Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying? No!

Don't let them break you in half

Divide you up and hand you out for fun

You're like a comet, a gutter-dwelling star

We want to know what you would do down here

Ooh and I, I'd like to try it

I'd really like to try it WINNING!

I'd like to lose it

My mind, my eyes, I just don't want to see

Don't want to see it, that's a lie

And now I'm trying to hold o-o-on to it

Trying not to give it up, I

I'd like to try it, I'd really like to try it WINNING!

I'd like to lose it

My mind, my eyes, I just don't want to see

I've been crying

Seven weeks of crying and holding o-on to it

Hoping I might finally get home!

You're like a stranger in your skin, you, you just don't know your way around

And no one knows which way to point you

Oh, and I got higher than I wanted

But Maria can meet me there

'Cause I just don't know if she'll still know me with my blonde eyes and my brown hair!

Can I get what I want Can I do it? I'm trying oh!

Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying? No!

Can I get what I want? Can I do it? I'm trying oh!

Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying? No!

Can I get what I want Can I do it? I'm trying oh!

Can you get what you want? Can you do it without lying? No!

Can I get what I want? Can I do it? I'm trying oh!

Can you get what you want? Can you do it without lying? No!

Can I get what I want Can I do it? I'm trying oh!

Can you get what you want? Can you do it without lying? No!

Can I get what I want? Can I do it? I'm trying oh!

Can you get what you want? Can you do it without lying? No!