Here i sit, just like a gloomy little boy, Staring down at all my broken toys, There's no playmates today because it's pouring rain, There's something missing that the good times didn't bring, A hidden verse that i don't know how to sing, No, i don't know what to call it, but i want it all the same. Ooh, how the pulse of life cries out to me, Ooh, i even hear it when i sleep, yeah, But things are not always what they seem, and how I hope it's more than a dream that keeps alive This hope inside me. I want to be a man like you, but my heart won't face the take, I want to be a man like you, but i tremble when i ask, Oh, the light that shines in darkness, all that's good and true, Take me from myself and make me new, 'cause I want to be a man like you. I hear their voices, see their faces as they smile, They say, "we'll be together in a little while," Am i the folly of the fool? am i the wisdom of the wise man? Ooh, all the crystal visions that i long to see, Ooh, and i just want to be your friend, yeah, But things are not always what they seem, If i could only see what they mean, but what I need is to be still and know. I want to be a man like you, but my heart won't face the take, I want to be a man like you, and i tremble when i ask, Oh, the light that shines in darkness, all that's good and true, Take me from myself and make me new, I want to be a man like you, but my heart won't face the take, I want to be a man like you, but i tremble when i ask, Sometimes i'm up, sometimes i'm down, But i remember what i've found to make me true, 'cause i want to be a man like you. Like you, Ooh, yeah. All my life has come to this point in time, and i want to live, All that is before and is behind is what you have to give, I want you be a man like you, Yes, i really want to see it through, Oh, i want you be a man like you, Yeah, i really want to see it through, Oh, i want you be a man like you, (be a man like you) Oh, i really want to see it through, (want to see it through)