nobody ever, ever could tell her

what it's like to fall in love

tired of searching, she wants to be perfect

nothing's ever good enough

and i watch, i wait

catch her eye and look away 

nobody ever, ever could tell her

but i tried 



now she keeps me hanging on the line

praying at the sky

every single night's the same

she's a perfect girl

hanging by phone

praying all alone

everybody knows her name

she's a perfect girl 



and she wanted to want me

wanted to need me

wanted all those distant stars

wanted a surgeon, a full operation

but she couldn't bear the scars

and she cut me well

but she wouldn't be cut herself

and nobody told me i could be lonely

when i fell 



i'm not perfect, what's a girl to do

in a perfect world i'd be perfect too

but the longer that she makes me wait

the more my heart begins to break

but it's worth it when she comes

in the morning she'll be gone

and i'll be