GONNA BE A
PENTHOUSE PAUPER
GONNA BE A
MILLIONAIRE
I'M RAISING MY GLASS
AND TOSSING IT BACK
BUT I, CAN'T
REMEMBER WHY
SO LET'S HAVE ANOTHER
FOR ALL MY BROTHERS,
WHO DRANK
UNTIL THEY DIED
I HAVE OFTEN TOLD
YOU STORIES
ABOUT THE WAY
I LIVED THE LIFE
OF A DRIFTER,
WAITING FOR THE DAY
WHEN I'D TAKE YOUR HAND
AND SING YOU SONGS
THEN MAYBE YOU WOULD STAY
COME LAY WITH ME LOVE ME
AND I WOULD SURELY STAY
EVERY HALLWAYS
PAINTED WHITE
AS THE LIGHT
THAT WILL GUIDE YOU
TO YOUR HELP
MAKING FRIENDS
WITH STRANGERS
INSIDE MY MIND
'CAUSE THEY SEEM TO
KNOW ME WELL
I CAN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING
CAN'T TELL IF THIS IS
TRUE OR A DREAM
DEEP DOWN INSIDE
I FEEL THE SCREAM
THIS TERRIBLE SILENCE STOPS ME
I'M WAKING UP
I CANNOT SEE
THAT THERE'S NOTHING MUCH
LEFT OF ME
NOTHING IS REAL
BUT THE PAIN NOW
WE SEE THE LIGHT
OF THOSE WHO FIND
THE WORLD HAS
PASSED THEM BY
TOO LATE TO SAVE A DREAM
THAT'S GROWING OLD
WE RELALIZE THAT FATE
MUST HIDE IT'S FACE
FROM THOSE WHO TRY
TO SEE THE DISTANT SIGNS
OF UNFORETOLD
OH OH TAKE HOLD..
ON AN ISLAND IN THE SUN COOL PACIFIC WINDS BLOW JUST ACROSS THE BAY BATTERED BY THE WAVES