Thought I could but I just can't wait Started plannin' for my great escape Where I'd live and what I'd leave behind Made a list of things I'd have to take The things that make me feel like shit, for heavens sake Who I'd love and who would tow the line And I need you Everybody needs someone like you If you need me to You would be the only thing that I'd take On my great escape I float through this town like a cosmonaut Remindin' me of all the things I haven't got Like time and space, a smile on my face and you And I need you Everybody needs someone like you If you need me to You would be the only thing that I'd take with me Maybe I'll find that my destination Is somewhere I already know And you were as far as I ever had to go And I need you (Thought I could but I just can't wait) Everybody needs someone like you (Started plannin' for my great escape) If you need me to (Who I'd love and who I'd leave behind) You would be the only thing that I'd take with me (Who I'd leave behind) I need you (Who I'd leave behind) Everybody needs someone like you If you need me to You would be the only thing that I?d take On my great escape On my great escape