He's just a boy in America Nothing short of a perfect life And if you look at the candle light You'll see him (you'll see him) Oh he needs it, he needs it I guess this is life in the middle of my left and right side I can't believe I live in this story Like a movie that keeps playing in my head In the same direction I don't have a clue what I'm doing but that's why I love it She's just a girl on a subway A simple life and a coffee in her hand She has the world in her fingertips and she knows it She said my name and my heart just stopped Is it you I've been looking for all my life I guess this is life in themiddle of my left and right side I guess this is life in the middle of my left and right side I can't believe I live in this story Like a movie that keeps playing in my head In the same direction I don't have a clue what I'm doing but that's why I love it I'm just a boy in America I'm just a boy in America I'm just a boy in America I'm just a boy in America I'm just a boy in America I'm just a boy in America I'm just a boy in America I'm just a boy in America Me, I think maybe I'll lay down and die But something inside me just tells me I want to survive I guess this is life in the middle of my left and right side I can't believe I live in this story Like a movie that keeps playing in my head In the same direction I don't have a clue what I'm doing but that's why I love it