[Verse 1]
Caught up in your wheelin', dealin'
You've got no time left for simple feelin'
I thought I knew you
But I didn't know you at all

[Verse 2]
Trapped inside your world of worry
You miss so much when you always hurry
Well slow down baby
You'll only get hurt if you fall

[Pre-Chorus]
Well you told me one time
That you'd be somebody
That you weren't working just to survive
But you're working so hard that you don't even know you're alive

[Chorus]
Working so hard to be somebody special
Not working just to survive
Well you're special to me, babe
But what I don't see, babe
Is where you go once you arrive
Where we go once we arrive
[Verse 3]
Damn all evil that takes possession
Until your pipe dreams become obsessions
They scare me, baby
And we should have nothing to fear

[Verse 4]
I'm no child but I can't help wonder
It seems like some kind of spell you're under
You're listening, baby, but somehow you don't really hear

[Pre-Chorus]
Well you told me one time
That you'd be somebody
That you weren't working just to survive
But you're working' so hard that you don't even know you're alive

[Chorus]
Working so hard to be somebody special
Not working just to survive
Well you're special to me, babe
But what I don't see, babe
Is where we go once we arrive
Where you go once you arrive