Somewhere I'd Like To Be

There is no “reset” button in life  
And I really wish there were  
Because sometimes I get so frustrated  
With everything and everybody  
I want the go out for ice cream  
And take a left turn and just keep going  
Then by hook or crook end up in India  
India is third world enough  
To leave all of my first world problems behind  
I can reinvent myself there  
Forget who I was  
Be who I want to be  
Live in the moment of the here and now  
And have a new future lying at my feet  
India is far enough away and full of strangers  
I won’t stumble upon a friend or acquaintance there  
No one will recognize me at the market  
And shout to the world  
“Here he is! This is the one you’ve been looking for.  
He’s been hiding from you right here the whole time.”  
In India no one knows me  
It is far enough away from the old me  
But not far enough from the voice  
Inside me who knows all my secrets  
My conscience, that voice of truth  
That tells me to get up each day  
And live a life full of problems  
The same as everyone else is having to do  
Why should I be so special?  
I have trials and tribulations here  
I would have them in India too
The voice of truth says  
“You never get rid of your problems,  
You just exchange them for new ones.”  
I wish life had a “reset” button  
And I wish India was far enough away.