Lyrics

Perfect World (What They Had)

Music/Lyrics by John Kelly Wilson

Verse
It's late, long night, worked till close at the bar
Just got home, dead tired, countin my change from the tip jar
Can't sleep, cracked a beer, TVs on, some old movie playin
Romantic scene, they kiss
Thinkin bout us and where we're headin

Chorus
What I want is for us to be like them
What I want is what those stars in the movies had way back then
The perfect world screen lovers live in, always works out in the end
What I want, what I want is for us to be like them

Verse
Read over and over the text you sent,
Liquid courage clearly supplying the words you said
That we'll never get back to what we were back when
Then you told me you're leavin
As the stars of the old movie kiss again

Chorus
What I want is for us to be like them
What I want is what those stars in the movies had way back then
The perfect world screen lovers live in, always works out in the end
What I want, what I want is for us to be like them

Bridge
Life in those old movies all looks good in black and white
But the big screen sells hope and sometimes tells lies
Cause that ain't the way, it always works in real life

Verse
So now it's time to start looking for a new leading man
One thing I won't do is compromise my plan
I know what I want, I won't settle for less if I can
Cause what I want is what those stars in the movies had back then

Chorus
What I want is for us to be like them
What I want is what those stars in the movies had way back then
The perfect world screen lovers live in, always works out in the end
What I want, what I want is for us to be like them
What I want, oh what I want
What I want, is for us to be like them