In the old black and whites
I see myself in a different light
Crooked bangs and innocent eyes
In wide collars and short Levi's
When scribbles could pass as art
My model airplanes fell apart
And every song I sang off-key
A trial and error version of me
But I knew there'd come a day
When things would go my way
I knew I'd be a singer
If I could find my song
When I see a canvas
I'll paint somewhere I belong
Maybe in my younger years
I used to get it wrong
But I knew I'd be a singer
If I could find my song
I'll never try to forget
My high school loves or my regrets
Some I hurt and some hurt me
And everyone was temporary
One loved me so I loved too
One lived far from Kalamazoo
And one I owe an apology
For singing our song so off-key
But I knew there'd come a day
When things would go my way
I knew I'd be a singer
If I could find my song
When I saw a canvas
I'll paint somewhere I belong
Maybe in my younger years
I used to get it wrong
But I knew I'd be a singer
If I could find my song
Tomorrow is a promise
A hope and not a dream
That when I make mistakes
They'll push me downstream
And then I'll be a singer
Because I found my song
When I saw a canvas
I painted somewhere I belong
Maybe in my younger years
I used to get it wrong
I knew I'd be a singer
If I could find my song
If I could find my song
If I could find my song
Yeah alright