The nights are getting shorter I don't know where they go And I am getting older And we're starting to show And ever since I left my mother It's much harder to know How to make my own life here How to make my own home I don't wanna wake up lonely I don't wanna just be fine I don't wanna keep on hoping Forget what I had in mind I don't wanna wake up lonely I don't wanna just be fine I don't wanna keep on hoping Forget what I had in mind Forget what I had in mind I don't remember a time when a kiss on the hand was enough Cause we knew we were free and we knew what it meant to be loved But ever since I left my father It's much harder to know How to live my own life here When all I need is home I don't wanna wake up lonely I don't wanna just be fine I don't wanna keep on hoping Forget what I had in mind I don't wanna wake up lonely I don't wanna just be fine I don't wanna keep on hoping Forget what I had in mind Forget what I had in mind As faces start to fade They're slipping through my hands It's where my heart was made And my feet will always land I don't wanna wake up lonely I don't wanna just be fine I don't wanna keep on hoping Forget what I had in mind I don't wanna wake up lonely I don't wanna just be fine I don't wanna keep on hoping Forget what I had in mind Forget what I had in mind I don't wanna wake up lonely