Nobody ever, ever could tell her
  what it's like to fall in love
  tired of searching, she wants to be perfect
  nothing's ever good enough
  and i watch, i wait
  catch her eye and look away
  nobody ever, ever could tell her
  but i tried
  
  now she keeps me hanging on the line
  praying at the sky
  every single night's the same
  she's a perfect girl
  hanging by phone
  praying all alone
  everybody knows her name
  she's a perfect girl
  
  and she wanted to want me
  wanted to need me
  wanted all those distant stars
  wanted a surgeon, a full operation
  but she couldn't bear the scars
  and she cut me well
  but she wouldn't be cut herself
  and nobody told me i could be lonely
  when i fell
  
  i'm not perfect, what's a girl to do
  in a perfect world i'd be perfect too
  but the longer that she makes me wait
  the more my heart begins to break
  but it's worth it when she comes
  in the morning she'll be gone
  and i'll be