I never meant this long to stay I've lived here, it seems like yesterday It feels like that in a coffee shop I live upstairs with three other girls And it's not free The babysitter's on her way They don't hear me down here Singing, screaming loud and clear Free refills for everyone I hang out long enough, and I could be someone I send my family postcards I tell them just how hard That I've been working in a coffee shop And, hey, guess what, Dad? I'm saving every tip I ever had To pay off this here guitar And they don't hear me down here Singing, screaming loud and clear Free refills for everyone, yeah I hang out long enough, and I could be someone Officer Frank, he stumbles in Two donuts, oh, this coffee's too thin He throws his guns up on the counter top Oh, that man is mean as hell I'm sure he's going to tell me all about it In the better public coffee shop And they don't hear me down here Singing, screaming loud and clear Free refills for everyone I hang out long enough that I could be someone Yeah, I could be someone I'm gonna be someone Yeah, now watch me now, I'm going to be someone And the beat goes on, and the beat goes on