My expectations ran ahead of me
Uphill and across the sea,
It ran with long long legs
To places I couldn\'t reach,
And I think it flew (higher and higher)
Tied by a thousand and one balloons,
I wondered if it could touch the stars
Or kiss the moon,
I tried to shoot it down
With whatever I could throw,
But it\'s hard to knock it down
When all I have are sticks and stones,
And I think it flew higher than yesterday
Or a month before
And now I\'m starting to dream
Of brand new starts
Of people I shouldn\'t meet
Across the ocean and right next to me,
I met a boy, pretty as can be
And I thought he was tens of thousands of things,
I thought he was kind
When he first said hello,
And that he was funny
When he told a joke, he heard from his buddy that smokes
I thought he was different
Until he proved he was the same,
I felt my expectations lower
A little bit that day
I wonder if one balloon popped
And my expectations lowered just a drop,
And again it happened to me
When I met a stranger I shouldn\'t meet,
One by one the balloons began to pop
Drop by drop
Until down they came
My expectations fell to earth that day.