I wanna be like Harry Houdini
And be the one to make the great escape
I wanna be where no one'll see me
You gotta learn a lesson: give and take

I wanna be where lovin' is easy
If I could go it wouldn't be a dare
'Cause when you look in my eyes, how can you not realize
There I could go and couldn't give a care

I wanna be like Harry Houdini
Where there ain't nothing that'll keep you in
I wanna be where no one'll see me
Can't find a way to say I can't begin

And when I'm gone I know how you'll miss me
How could there ever really be a doubt
'Cause when you look in my eyes, how can you not realize
That you can never really be without

How much more can I believe in
The things they say
I'm past the point I'm leaving
I gotta get away

(I wanna be, just like Harry Houdini! Oh, oh, oh, oh!)

I wanna be like Harry Houdini
And be the one to make the great escape
I wanna be where no one'll see me
You gotta learn a lesson: give and take

I wanna be where lovin' is easy
If I could go it wouldn't be a dare
'Cause when you look in my eyes, how can you not realize
There I could go and couldn't give a care

Why should you try to change me?
You never will
My past comes back to chase me
I won't be happy till

(Ooh, I won't be happy till)

I wanna be (I gotta be, like Harry Houdini)
I gotta be (I wanna be, like Harry Houdini)
I wanna be (I gotta be) I oughta be (I will be)
Like Harry Houdini