I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate A poet, a pawn and a king I've been up and down and over and out And I know one thing That's life (that's life) that's what people say You're riding high in April Shot down in May But I know I'm gonna change that

Well, your railroad gate You know I just can’t jump it Sometimes it gets so hard, you see I’m just sitting here beating on my trumpet With all these promises you left for me But where are you tonight, sweet Marie? Well, I waited for you when I was half

Here to stay Even when I'm gone When I close my eyes Through the passage of time Kings never die I can hear the drummer drumming And the trumpets, someone's tryna summon someone, I know something's coming But I'm running from it to be standing at the

To make you feel safe from me Tonight I'm sleeping wide awake I can't promise we'll be okay But I'll keep fighting 'til the end I made the darkness sleep again To flee the creatures from this land We're now safe but I can't forget Oh, hard a fear

Ahhh-ahhh, ahhh-ahhh, ahhh-ahhh, ahhh-ahhh So do you not want me to come over? Not much we know, so off we go Lazy bones and no concern Sees forty one mosquitoes flying in formation I'm alright, but my pet cockroach died of starvation Sleep 'till late, I

Your eyes may be whole But the story I'm told Is that your heart is as black as night Your lips may be sweet Such that I can't compete But your heart is as black as night I don't know why you came along At such a perfect time

I know too well that I'm just wasting precious time In thinking such a thing could be That you could ever care for me I'm sure you hate to hear That I adore you, dear But grant me Just the same I'm not entirely to blame

And I'm just doing me, just doing me I know, I know, I never be perfect I know, I know, but I'm gonna work it Let go, let go, put your new shoes on The new you on We are who we are, who we are, pretty's just a petty word And I'm gonna shine like a star,

You're so supreme The lyrics I write of you Dream, dream, day and night of you Scheme just for the sight of you I've been consulted by Franklin D. But now I'm broken hearted Can't get started with you I've been around the world in a plane Settled

I'll fake you out All I wanna And I'll break down And I'll fake you out And I'll fall And I'll break And I'll fake You say I'm not alone, but I am petrified You say that you are close, is close the closest star?