My future’s uncertain, my back starts hurting
As soon as I get out of bed
Listen to the news station
Trouble in the whole nation
Airplane passes by, it's got to be a mile high
Reminds me that I'm not a bird
There's a side of me
One part prisoner, and one part free
There's only so much any man can be
We all want another life, another 50 years
To see the Outback and the Himalayas
Feel that arctic wind around your ears
We all want another life
I'm picking up my paycheck
How’m I gonna make it
How’m I ever getting out of this hole
Must have been the time frame, caught up in the mundane
I wanna learn dancing, motorbike riding
Maybe have a kid or two, or three
But there's a side of me
One part prisoner, and one part free
There's only so much any man can be
We all want another life, another 50 years
To see the Outback and the Himalayas
Feel that arctic wind around your ears
We all want another life
I wanna try acting
Whitewater rafting
Be a total failure, backpacking in Australia
Learn to play the sitar
Get better on my guitar
Try some illegal substances
But there’s a side of me
One part prisoner, and one part free
There's only so much any man can be
We all want another life
There's so much to know
So many places that you wanna go
Hardly got the time to stop and say hello
We all want another life
Sail the Baltic sea, ride an elephant to Timbuk-three
Walk this land from sea to shining sea
We all want another life
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Lyrics submitted by Bruce Austin.