Paula Abdul, the song is actually called 'Straight Up' ..here are the lyrics in case that isn't the song you were looking for :)
Lost in a dream
Don't know which way to go
If you are all that...
The song "Timothy" talks about three miners being trapped in a mine following a cave in. They're hungry, and when they are rescued, only two of them are brought out. The third (Timothy) is "missing"...