Here I sit, just like a gloomy little boy,
staring down at all my broken toys,
There's no playmates today because it's pouring rain,
There's something missing that the good times didn't bring,
A hidden verse that I don't know how to sing,
No, I don't know what to call it, but I want it all the same.

Ooh, how the pulse of life cries out to me,
Ooh, I even hear it when I sleep, yeah,
But things are not always what they seem, and how
I hope it's more than a dream that keeps alive
this hope inside me.

I want to be a man like you, but my heart won't face the take,
I want to be a man like you, but I tremble when I ask,
Oh, the light that shines in darkness, all that's good and true,
Take me from myself and make me new, 'cause
I want to be a man like you.

I hear their voices, see their faces as they smile,
They say, "We'll be together in a little while,"
Am I the folly of the fool? Am I the wisdom of the wise man?

Ooh, all the crystal visions that I long to see,
Ooh, and I just want to be your friend, yeah,
But things are not always what they seem,
If I could only see what they mean, but what
I need is to be still and know.

I want to be a man like you, but my heart won't face the take,
I want to be a man like you, and I tremble when I ask,
Oh, the light that shines in darkness, all that's good and true,
Take me from myself and make me new,
I want to be a man like you, but my heart won't face the take,
I want to be a man like you, but I tremble when I ask,
Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down,
But I remember what I've found to make me true,
'cause I want to be a man like you.

Like you,
Ooh, yeah.

All my life has come to this point in time, and I want to live,
All that is before and is behind is what you have to give,
I want you be a man like you,
Yes, I really want to see it through,
Oh, I want you be a man like you,
Yeah, I really want to see it through,
Oh, I want you be a man like you, (be a man like you)
Oh, I really want to see it through, (want to see it through)