I don't wanna wait for our lives to be over
If it happened now, would you take it how you left it?
It's a give and take, so take your time, take me under
I wanna know, could you show me what I'm missing?

In the playground in Southern California
Something running in the streets all day
I guess some of us just gotta learn the hard way
Don't give a damn what nobody gotta say
We just yellin' out

Oh-oh, oh, oh
Oh-ooh, oh
Oh, oh

I don't wanna wait for our lives to be over
If it happened now, would you take it how you left it?
It's a give and take, so take your time, take me under
I wanna know, could you show me what I'm missing?

This can't be for nothing
We live for something
Don't know where we're going
At least 'til the morning
This can't be for nothing
We live for something
Don't know where we're going
At least 'til the morning

In the playground in Southern California
Something running in the streets all day
I guess some of us just gotta learn the hard way
Don't give a damn what nobody gotta say
We just yellin' out

I don't wanna wait for our lives to be over
If it happened now, would you take it how you left it?
It's a give and take, so take your time, take me under
I wanna know, could you show me what I'm missing?

Oh-oh, oh, oh
Oh-ooh, oh
Oh, oh

Oh, oh
(This can't be for nothing)
Oh-ooh, oh
(We live for something)
Oh-ooh, oh
(Don't know where we're going)
Oh, oh
(At least 'til the morning)

Copyright: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Writer(s): Andrew Neely, Dante Jones, Paula Cole