It's four in the afternoon I'm on a flight leaving L.A. Trying to think about my My youth scattered along the highway
Hotel rooms and headlines I've made a living with a song Just a guitar as my companion Wanting desperately to
Fame is filled with spoiled children They grow fat on fantasy guess that's why I'm leaving I crave reality
[Chorus] So goodbye Alice in Wonderland Goodbye yellow brick road There is a difference between dreaming and pretending I did not find paradise It was only a reflection of my lonely wanting What´s been missing in my life
I'm embarassed to say the rest is a rock and roll cliche I hit the bottom when I reached the top never knew it was you who was breaking my heart I thought you had to love me But you did not
Yes a heart can hallucinate it's completely starved for love It can even turn monsters into angels from above
You forged my love like weapon And turned it against me like a knife You broke my last heartstring But you opened up my eyes
Repeat Chorus:
Growing up is not the absence of dreaming It's being able to understand the difference between The ones you can hold and ones that you've been sold
Dreaming is a good thing cause it brings new things life But pretending is an ending that perpetuates a lie Forgetting what you are seeing for what you've been told
Truth is stranger than fiction is my chance to get it right Life is much better without all of those pretty lies