Baby, I've been feeling a bit on edge Lately, I've been careless at making bets Living in a world where it's always Monday One AM and dark, and it's always pouring Where you can feel the weight of a new day rising By the neon furies of advertising But baby, we're not here to stay So hey, hey, hey, hush, don't be crying now, hear 'Cos any day fortune may wander down, dear And we can see a world that is milk and honey The tapestry of life as a beautiful journey There's always a promise of a silver lining There's that elation of perfect timing In a perfect world... Baby, I can see through their idle threats So easy I can walk through their bayonets But even still I can stumble and fall And every step I miss, it still takes its toll Even if I wise up there's always a price Serenity betrays and troubles arise But baby, they're not here to stay So hey, hey, hey, hush, don't be crying now, hear 'Cos any day fortune may wander down, dear And we can see a world that is milk and honey The tapestry of life as a beautiful journey There's always a promise of a silver lining There's that elation of perfect timing In a perfect world we'd know just why In a perfect world we would never lie In a perfect world there'd be no reason to cry In a perfect world In a perfect world In a perfect world we'd never die So hey, hey, hey, hush, don't be crying now, hear 'Cos any day fortune may wander down, dear And we can see a world that is milk and honey The tapestry of life as a beautiful journey There's always a promise of a silver lining There's that elation of perfect timing In a perfect world...