I want to learn how to fly
  I want to be respected
  I want to get lucky
  I want to get out of this dump
  I just want to watch TV
  I want to be loved
  I want to be different
  I want a brother and sister
  I’d just rather be forgotten
  I want to save the world
  I want to be understood
  I want to be rich
  man, I just want to be somebody
  
  Julie’s got the word today
  she lost her job just one last pay
  life don’t come easy anymore
  still strugglin’ on by herself
  got a picture of Jimmy
  there on the shelf
  and she looks at him and says
  why did we let it go
  
  I know that sometimes baby
  we didn’t see things eye-to-eye
  but I got just one question
  did we have to say goodbye
  
  Just like prisoners in paradise
  still far from heaven’s door
  we had It all but still we wanted more
  now I realize that I can’t
  turn back the future’s here
  to stay but hey
  we’re just children on tomorrow
  hangin’ on to yesterday
  
  Jimmy still recalls the night
  when took his guitar
  and headed on out
  to find the big time
  that was his dream
  he gave up his past
  and made it alright
  but there’s something missin’
  in his heart tonight
  sometimes what you wand
  ain’t hat you need
  
  He misses drivin’ down to the lake at night
  holdin’ his baby in his arms so tight
  ain’t it hard to find illusions
  when you’re livin’ in a memory
  
  Just like prisoners in paradise
  so close but yet so far
  there will come a time
  no matter who you are
  when you ask yourself
  was it right or wrong
  for me to turn away but hey
  we’re just children of tomorrow
  hangin’ on to yesterday