[Verse 1]
Mars and Venus float downstream
Reality never fits the dream
It always comes out with a twist
In a way you could have never guessed

[Chorus]
Work out now
Not like you thought it would
It'll work out now
Not like you thought it would

[Verse 2]
Cross my heart and hope to die
See the truth there in your eyes
I saw the dream and I dared to live
I dared to live as I saw fit
And if my dream don't come to be
Please have some pity on a poor old fool like me

[Chorus]
Work out now
Not like you thought it would
It'll work out now

[Bridge]
Time waits for no one
Stand up, no pushover
No pushover
[Verse 3]
Kansas City to New Orleans
And New Orleans to California
And California to, oh, Kentucky
Oh, Kentucky, that love of mine

[Chorus]
Work out now
Just like I thought it would
It'll work out now
Just like I thought it would

[Outro]
Time waits for no one
Stand up, no pushover
Time waits for no one
Stand up, no pushover
No pushover
No pushover