SHE HAD A DREAM
AND BOY IT WAS A GOOD ONE
SO SHE CHASED AF TER HER DREAM
WITH MUCH DE SI RE
BUT WHEN SHE GOT TOO CLOSE
TO HER EX PEC TA TIONS
WELL THE DREAM BURNED UP
LIKE PA PER IN FIRE
PA PER IN FIRE
STIN KIN' UP THE ASH TRAYS
PA PER IN FIRE
SMO KIN' UP THE A LLEY WAYS
WHO'S TO SAY THE WAY
A MAN SHOULD SPEND HIS DAYS
DO YOU LET THEM SMOL DER
LIKE PA PER IN FIRE?
HE WAN TED LOVE
WITH NO IN VOLVE MENT
SO HE CHASED THE WIND
THAT'S ALL HIS SI LLY LIFE RE QUI RED
AND THE DAYS OF VA NI TY
WENT ON FOR E VER
AND HE SAW HIS DAYS BURN UP
LIKE PA PER IN FIRE
PA PER IN FIRE
STIN KIN' UP THE ASH TRAYS
PA PER IN FIRE
SMO KIN' UP THE A LLEY WAYS
WHO'S TO SAY THE WAY
A MAN SHOULD SPEND HIS DAYS
DO YOU LET THEM SMOL DER
LIKE PA PER IN FIRE?
THERE'S A GOOD LIFE
RIGHT A CROSS THE GREEN FIELD
AND EACH GE NE RA TION
STARES AT IT FROM A FAR
BUT WE KEEP NO CHECK
ON OUR A PPE TITES
SO THE GREEN FIELDS
TURN TO BROWN
LIKE PA PER IN FIRE
PA PER IN FIRE
STIN KIN' UP THE ASH TRAYS
PA PER IN FIRE
SMO KIN' UP THE A LLEY WAYS
WHO'S TO SAY THE WAY
A MAN SHOULD SPEND HIS DAYS
DO YOU LET THEM SMOL DER
LIKE PA PER IN FIRE?
PA PER IN FIRE
STIN KIN' UP THE ASH TRAYS
PA PER IN FIRE
SMO KIN' UP THE A LLEY WAYS
WHO'S TO SAY THE WAY
A MAN SHOULD SPEND HIS DAYS
DO YOU LET THEM SMOL DER