Out on the street this morning, get out and buy the newspaper
There was a girl on her way to work looking conservatively fine
I couldn't move, I couldn't move
And it always, always takes me a little more time to get that opening line
Suddenly I get shy

My coffee was kicking in, it begins
So I follow her to the subway station (and I think)

What have I got to lose
I've been to the bottom and I'm taking off those lonely shoes
What have I got to lose
I'm only human
So what have I got to lose

On my lunch break I saw Lulu in that flower dress
We've said 'hi' a couple of times, maybe I should ask her out for a hero
(We all need heroes)
I start to freeze, I start to freeze but she's turnin', turnin' in my direction
I see my scared reflection in her sunglasses as she is talkin' to me

A part of me wants to run
Anyone knows that nothing good comes easy

What have I got to lose
I've been to the bottom and I'm taking off those lonely shoes
What have I got to lose
I'm only human
So what have I got to lose

There was a time when I was darker than black
And it seemed like nothing was worth the fight
And at night I would hide
Hide like a child
But now I see the light
Now it's time to come out
Now it's time to come out

What have I got to lose
I've been to the bottom and I'm taking off those lonely shoes
What have I got to lose
I'm only human
So what have I got to lose

� 1997 Lushmole Music (BMI), Beef Puppet Music (ASCAP), Remann Music/Notation Music (BMI)

Lyrics courtesy of Lushmole Music.