It's a good life Yeah we all have had those dreams Of the sun, and the sea and an island Where you switch off It's a good life for me Too much information People drowning in receipts Some days you wanna just chuck it all Try your luck and hit the streets

Bright red, how am I gonna find a way? Tears and shades of gray I've lost forever from today The long red, flowing through my mind Dream here, dreamin' there Two pieces all the time Sobered, wisdoms in my dreams Bits and pieces in my arms

All that's left is a band of gold All that's left of the dreams I hold Is a band of gold Now that you've gone And the memories Of what love could be If you were Still here with me You took me from the shelter of a mother I had never known

Follow me (follow me) All that I wanted the dreams I had before All that I needed I've never needed more All of my questions are answers to my sins All of my endings waiting to begin Give me the dust of my father Stand on the face of the ancients Bare

Maria was born in the country She loved her homeland Maria was from a poor family For their girl they had greater plans Across the sea not yet twenty Sailed our Maria, a man to see Perhaps marry dreams our Maria This was to be eventually for our Maria

The shadow of your smile When you have gone Will color all my dreams And light the dawn Look into my eyes my love and see All the lovely things you are to me Our wistful little star It was far, too high A teardrop kissed your lips

And the dreams grow teeth and the beasts come out and cast their long shadows I'm not afraid of the dark; we've been here before, Fallen on hard times, Honey, we've fallen on swords So if a long shadow falls across your heart, I'll be right here with

I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies This is the dawning of the rest of our lives I walk alone, I walk alone My shadow's the only one that walks beside me My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating Sometimes I wish someone out there will

The shadow of your smile When you have gone Will color all my dreams And light the dawn Look into my eyes my love and see All the lovely things you are to me Our wistful little star It was far, too high A teardrop kissed your lips

All I wanted was a car But all I wanted was a car My buddy Blake was all-state with dreams of the NFL Jenny McClain had big brains She got a scholarship to Yale And there was Hershel who did two commercials And he was going to be a movie star Part time