Why can’t I be?
The man you’ve always wanted to meet
Why can’t I be?
All of your real-life fantasies
Why can’t I be?
Exactly what you want from me
Why can’t I be?
Someone besides me

When I look into your eyes
I see truths that others don’t
I’ve loved you for so long
And, girl, you don’t even know
No one gets inside
Without touching some part of me
And you’re so deep inside
Of someone who’s just not me

Why can’t I be?
The one you’ll hold tonight
Why can’t I be?
At the end of your tunnel sight
Why can’t you see?
You can do so much better than him
Why can’t I be?
The one to wake you up…

You’ve always been so strong
But I don’t know what you’re seeing
To me it seems so wrong
But you think this time is it
Am I like everyone else
Don’t know true love when I see it
Or are you like all the others
Loving the one that shouldn’t be

--Peter Johnson, 1997