I wanna be the worlds best lover

I wanna be on every cover

I wanna be the flying man in the Cirque du Soliel

But I'm me, and that's all I'll ever be 



I wanna be like Serpico, or a freedom fighter

Down in Mexico, a black man in the fifties south

See what fake white freedom was all about

I wanna `recon' in vietnam, shoot a ball like

Gary Payton, I wanna talk to Jesus Christ

A-bomb the extreme right

But i'm me, and that's all I'll ever be

And I see there are some things I don't need 



If it was up to me, I'd be those things 

And so much more

If it was up to me, I'd talk to God 

And kick down every door



I really wanna save the planet

End all wars and destructive habits

I wanna raise hell with the c.d.c

See if all is being done about that fuckin disease

I wanna be like Randy Johnson

Play guitar like Mick Ronson

Wanna set my sights on art collections

Give homeless people a new direction

But I'm me, and that's all I'll ever be

And I see, there's some things I don't need



If it was up to me, I'd be those things 

And so much more

If it was up to me, I'd talk to God 

And kick down every door



If it was up to me

I'd break down everyone

Let the poor have it all

Ban all war, if you please

And end disease



If it was up to me, I'd be those things 

And so much more

If it was up to me, I'd talk to God 

And kick down every door



If it was up to me

If it was up to me

If it was up to me

If it was up to me