She asked me, "Son, when I grow old

will you buy me a house of gold?

And when your father turns to stone

will you take care of me?"

She asked me, "Son, when I grow old

will you buy me a house of gold?

And when your father turns to stone

will you take care of me?"

I will make you queen

of everything you see.

I'll put you on the map,

I'll cure you of disease.

Let's say we up and left this town,

and turned our future upside down.

We'll make pretend that you and me

lived ever after happily.

She asked me, "Son, when I grow old

will you buy me a house of gold?

And when your father turns to stone

will you take care of me?"

I will make you queen

of everything you see.

I'll put you on the map,

I'll cure you of disease.

Oh, and since we know

that dreams are dead

and life turns plans upon their head,

I will plan to be a bum

so I might just become someone!

She asked me, "Son, when I grow old

will you buy me a house of gold?

And when your father turns to stone

will you take care of me?"

I will make you queen

of everything you see.

I'll put you on the map,

I'll cure you of disease.