There ain't too much chance
For opportunity
In this town that I live in
And I don't know what
I'm gonna do with me
And it's getting hard to contend
With the fact
That I ain't going nowhere
If I don't get out of here
I need a change of luck
And a pick me up
Something more than the bars and the beer
(CHORUS)
I need something to believe in
Something to look forward to
Something to believe in
Cause I got a bad case of the blues
Something to believe in
Something to make me feel right
Something to believe in
Is that asking too much out of life?
Well I quit my job
And I'm leaving today
Cause two hundred a week, it don't make it
And I got a ticket
Going to L.A.
And I'm hoping that I can take it
Cause I got enough money
For about a month
Before I'll be back on the bus
But I've got faith in me
And all these new things I see
And I just need a little good luck
Well I was gettin' down
Soon I'd have to leave town
And I was out walking the street
When I met a girl
By the Burger World
And I was needin' her company
By the way she was dressed
I knew what to expect
When we got to her motel room
Ah but when she found out
I came from her hometown
She started crying and Lordy I did too
I need something to believe in
Baby I want something to look forward to
Something to believe in
Ah do you feel like I do?
Something to believe in
She said please stay with me tonight
I want something to believe in
Just talk to me and hold me tight
She was just eighteen
And I couldn't believe
What had happened since she left home
I thought I'd had some pain
But it wasn't the same
As the hell that she had known
So we packed our stuff
And we got on the bus
And now it's back to the same old grind
But if you could've seen
The way she looked at me
When she saw the old city limit sign
We've got something to believe in
Something to look forward to
Something to believe in
And I believe in me and you
Something to believe in
Holding each other tight
Something to believe in
That special something, called being in love, to get us by
For opportunity
In this town that I live in
And I don't know what
I'm gonna do with me
And it's getting hard to contend
With the fact
That I ain't going nowhere
If I don't get out of here
I need a change of luck
And a pick me up
Something more than the bars and the beer
(CHORUS)
I need something to believe in
Something to look forward to
Something to believe in
Cause I got a bad case of the blues
Something to believe in
Something to make me feel right
Something to believe in
Is that asking too much out of life?
Well I quit my job
And I'm leaving today
Cause two hundred a week, it don't make it
And I got a ticket
Going to L.A.
And I'm hoping that I can take it
Cause I got enough money
For about a month
Before I'll be back on the bus
But I've got faith in me
And all these new things I see
And I just need a little good luck
Well I was gettin' down
Soon I'd have to leave town
And I was out walking the street
When I met a girl
By the Burger World
And I was needin' her company
By the way she was dressed
I knew what to expect
When we got to her motel room
Ah but when she found out
I came from her hometown
She started crying and Lordy I did too
I need something to believe in
Baby I want something to look forward to
Something to believe in
Ah do you feel like I do?
Something to believe in
She said please stay with me tonight
I want something to believe in
Just talk to me and hold me tight
She was just eighteen
And I couldn't believe
What had happened since she left home
I thought I'd had some pain
But it wasn't the same
As the hell that she had known
So we packed our stuff
And we got on the bus
And now it's back to the same old grind
But if you could've seen
The way she looked at me
When she saw the old city limit sign
We've got something to believe in
Something to look forward to
Something to believe in
And I believe in me and you
Something to believe in
Holding each other tight
Something to believe in
That special something, called being in love, to get us by