my future is uncertain my back starts hurting as soon as i get out of bed listen to the news station trouble in the whole nation airplane passes by it s got to be a mile high reminds me that i m not a bird but there s a side of me one part prisoner and one part free there s only so much any man can be we all want another life another 50 years to see the outback in himalayas feel that arctic wind around your ears we all want another life i m picking up my pay check how am i gonna make it how am i gonna get out of this hole stuck in a time frame caught up in the mundane i wanna learn dancing motorbike riding maybe have a kid or two or three but there s a side of me one part prisoner and one part free there s only so much any man can be we all want another life another 50 years to see the outback in himalayas feel that arctic wind around your ears we all want another life i wanna try acting white water rafting be a total failure backpacking in australia learn to play the sitar get better on my guitar try some of my legal substances there s a side of me one part prisoner and one part free there s only so much any man can be we all want another life there s so much to know so many places that you wanna go we ve hardly got the time to stop and say hello we all want another life sail the baltic sea ride an elephant timbukthree walk this land from sea to shining sea we all want another life