perfect girl

<br>nobody ever, ever could tell her<br>what it`s like to fall in love<br>tired of searching, she wants to be perfect<br>nothing`s ever good enough<br>and i watch, i wait<br>catch her eye and look away <br>nobody ever, ever could tell her<br>but i tried <br><br>now she keeps me hanging on the line<br>praying at the sky<br>every single night`s the same<br>she`s a perfect girl<br>hanging by phone<br>praying all alone<br>everybody knows her name<br>she`s a perfect girl <br><br>and she wanted to want me<br>wanted to need me<br>wanted all those distant stars<br>wanted a surgeon, a full operation<br>but she couldn`t bear the scars<br>and she cut me well<br>but she wouldn`t be cut herself<br>and nobody told me i could be lonely<br>when i fell <br><br>i`m not perfect, what`s a girl to do<br>in a perfect world i`d be perfect too<br>but the longer that she makes me wait<br>the more my heart begins to break<br>but it`s worth it when she comes<br>in the morning she`ll be gone<br>and i`ll be