in a perfect world it would never end like this there d be something we could do in a perfect world lovers wake up with a kiss and their wishes all come true but here we are i thought you belonged to me it seemed like the perfect arrangement ain t it funny when you find how wrong you can be cause oh this ain t no perfect world i ve got my problems no this ain t no perfect world you ve got your problems too now what do we do in a perfect world i d have been the boy you need i d have been somebody else in a perfect world you d have been the girl for me yeah you could have been yourself you see we re dying for love but we re afraid to drop our guard we re lost in a world gone crazy where the men won t grow up and the women get so hard oh this ain t no perfect world and i ve got my problems no this ain t no perfect world cause you ve got your problems too now what do we do i don t know if we wind up friends i don t know if we wind up strangers cause i never had to walk away from anybody i wanted as much as i wanted you oh this ain t no perfect world cause i ve got my problems oh this ain t no perfect world cause you ve got your problems too oh this ain t no perfect world oh no no oh this ain t no perfect world you got your problems i got mine we re dying for love