In a perfect world it would never end like this,
There'd be something we could do,
In a perfect world lovers wake up with a kiss, and their wishes all come true.

But here we are,
I thought you belonged to me,
Seemed like the perfect arrangement,
Ain't it funny when you find how wrong you can be'

'Cause, oh, this ain't no perfect world,
I got my problems,
No, this ain't no perfect world,
You got your problems too,
Now what do we do'

In a perfect world I'd have been the boy you need,
I'd have been somebody else,
In a perfect world you'd have been the girl for me,
Yeah, you could have been yourself.

You see, we're dying for love, but we're afraid to drop our guard,
We're lost in a world gone crazy, where the men won't grow up and the women get so hard.

'Cause, oh, this ain't no perfect world,
I got my problems,
No, this ain't no perfect world,
You got your problems too,
So what do we do'

I don't know if we'll wind up friends, I don't know if we'll wind up strangers,
'Cause I've never had to walk away from anybody I wanted as much as I wanted you.

Oh, this ain't no perfect world,
I got my problems,
No, this ain't no perfect world,
You got your problems,
Oh, this ain't no perfect world,
But life goes on,
Although this ain't no perfect world, oh.