Another Life

I wish I were a newsie with my cloth cap in my hand
I wish I were an immigrant sailing to a foreign land
I wish I wore a top hat and a gold watch on a chain
I wish I drove a wagon to settle on the plains

(Refrain) Cause I can’t be no one else, that’s right
No I can’t be no one else.
I can’t have another life this time,
So I’ll give it another try.

I wish I were a business man with a briefcase full of gold
I wish I were a maiden who never will grow old
I wish I were an actor who danced upon the stage
I wish I tamed the lions that live inside a cage

(Refrain)

I cannot be a doctor with healing in my bag
I cannot be a shoeshine cleaning with a rag
I’ll never be a lumberjack felling trees beneath my saw
I’ll never be the President and give my word as law.

(Refrain)

Instead I’ll be just myself singing you this song
Though the list of other lives is twice a million long
I look around at my life, at all I’ve got instead
And never wish for anything else until I wind up dead.

Cause I can’t be no one else, that’s right
No I can’t be no one else.
I can’t have another life this time,
So I’ll give this one a try.