When “You were meant for me” came out it was associated with a movie.
There were different lyrics - specifically the chorus which you now hear as:
Originally the chorus was something different.
Does anyone remeber what it was, or what movie it was associated with?
…I unaware of any movie tie in or any alternate lyrics… Are you sure about this Alice?
I really don’t think so…
I’ve heard (and have a CD with) an alternate version from Steve Poltz, the guy who wrote the song. It starts with mostly the same lyrics as the Jewel version, with genders switched around where appropriate. It then goes into a story about going to Las Vegas to meet with David Cassidy (to write him a hit song), getting wasted, being thrown out of a casino, and, on the way to the police car, running across a busker singing her version of “You were meant for me.” Instead of putting money in her guitar case, he takes his “royalties.”
Is that the version you are looking for? I don’t have the lyrics, but you might find them by googling “Steve Poltz”
A quick Usenet search shows there are two versions of this song- an album version and a radio version. No info on alternate lyrics, or whether it was used in a movie, but I wasn’t looking for that. And now I have this song stuck in my head.
Also, based on the username of the OP, I find it delightfully ironic that the name of Jewel’s latest album is Goodbye Alice in Wonderland.
It must be the album version that I’ve heard before.
I wonder if it was a Canadian release move. Last night or something.
dunno
I just wanted to bump this in case anyone else has some insight…
In America, the version that was played on the radio was slightly different from the version that appeared on Pieces of You. I remember buying the album and being disappointed that the song sounded slower and more melancholy, so I sought out and bought the single. I think the lyrics were pretty much the same, but the album version seems just a bit slower to me. Also, I think it’s not accompanied by percussion, like the single version is, and it also sounds about a semitone lower than the single version, probably due to the guitar being detuned.
The radio version and the album version have the same lyrics; the differences are melodic.
Thank you; that’s what I thought, but I wasn’t sure. I don’t own the CD anymore, so I couldn’t verify that. 
I saw him perform that live, with that monologue, in 1996 while the Jewel version was still a big hit. Steve Poltz’s live performances are wonderful. He’s got a lot of personality, he’s a great storyteller, and the musicianship is top-notch.
I saw him at the House of Blues, which is a pretty big stage to fill when you’re performing just solo acoustic. Most performers would find it hard to captivate a room that size without a band.
He was an opening act. No one in the room went to the show to see him, no one in the room even knew who he was. But he totally grabbed everyones attention right away, got plenty of laughs with his storytelling and self-conscious commentary during song performances, and he even got a standing ovation at the end of his set. One of the best performaces by an unknown opener ever.
My favorite part of the “You Were Meant for Me” Monologue: After he drunkenly offends David Cassidy and is being carried out of the casino by security:
Also funny, earlier in the song he comments “this next line is kind of lame when it’s a guy singing it” immediately before singing the line “I break the yolk and make a smilie face”.
No, I don’t think this is the version alice_in_wonderland is looking for, but I was so excited to see that someone else knows that monologue!