i really want to know what you had in store i couldn t really tell maybe it s just as well i came here with a dream and i just had to see if my dream would soar i knocked on every door his whole life was written written there inside the new weekly bible his modern t v guide every night he stares back at the screen yeah a man only sees want he wants to see when he s in his mind where he is that he wants to be living in a world where he s safe from reality won t you take a chance on this night and follow me won t you follow me don t need no super heros don t need no movie stars don t need no politicians in big black shiny cars don t need no preacher whose church is my t v a man only sees what he wants to see when he s in his mind where he is what he wants to be living in a world where he s safe from reality won t you take a chance on this night child and follow me won t you follow me once was a broken hero the kind that we all know the kind that hides inside us for we never show the kind we say that could never be me his whole life was written written there inside the new weekly bible his modern t v guide stare back at the screen yeah yeah a man only sees want he wants to see