Lyrics
Want to be an astronaut
Play golf on the moon
Want to invent something sleek and cool
That will change the world
Want to step on a stage
And accept some big, tall, golden award
So I can thank all the people that came before
If I could live enough
If I could just live long enough
To be all I want to be
Be a deep sea diver
Be a rich man's lawyer
Be a toy designer
Be a fair employer
Be an honest lover
Be a gracious friend
Be the one to discover how this story ends
How this story ends
I've been the scourge of the world to my first wife
Salvation to my second
I've been a hero of sorts in the coffee shop
With everyone saying, "Hey," as they beckon
Now I'm anonymous and free
With a lot less to say
And a lot more to reckon
If I could live enough
If I could just live long enough
To be all I want to be
Let me be what I am
Every day a new man
I want too many thrills for one lifetime to fill
Can't see where I'm moving
Can't teach what I feel
These days there's no proving that anything's real,
and so got to be myself and so
Got to be myself
If I live long enough
If I live long enough
You say you want to know me
I can't stop my life
You say you got to find me
It's me, here, by your side
Let me be what I am
Every day a new man
I want too many thrills for one lifetime to fill
Can't see where I'm moving
Can't teach what I feel
These days there's no proving that anything's real
And so
Got to be myself and so
Got to be myself.
If I live long enough
I could be everything to me
I could be everything to you
You say you want to know me
I can't stop my life
You say you got to find me
It's me, here, by your side
Want to see what they're saying in tomorrow's news
Want to see grandkids dancing around the way kids do
I want to thank all the people, especially you
If I could live enough
If I could just live long enough
To be all I want to be
You say you want to know me
I can't stop my life
You say you got to find me
It's me, here, by your side
Written by: Tobin Mueller
