Now don't you believe me Oh, can't you see I'm full of lies Oh, something, oh, something once pure I came to the city To build a mountain of envy And
So much for the city Tell me that you'll dance to the end Just tell me that you'll dance to the end Hey, hey, you're The Monkees People said, "You monkeyed
I worked so hard for that man And he worked me to the bone Said success won't be long He bought that old factory 'Cause the rich are born free And that
I came all this way Just to say that's not what I want Those smug lovers, they might as well Just rub it in my face I guess that's when the penny finally
A harbor dance, I didn't live my youth With sufficient recklessness Yeah, I envy your youth, yes, I envy your youth I envy your youth, yes, I envy your
I told you I'd take you away from here I told you I'd take you away from here And I will, I'm no street corner bone I knew your day would come It's hardly
You don't need to be afraid Those hesitations of the past Your best selling paperback The ugly duckling has the last laugh Everybody's got a fighting
Do I look like a car crash Baby tell me it aint true Cos if i look like a car crash I don't know what the hell i'd do Everybody tells me i'm out of my
Well, what can you do When all that surrounds you Says slow down Deckchairs and cigarettes They're sayin' Let's go to San Diego Hey thats where all the
I was surfing this tidal wave of faded glories A San Diego pad And five, six years walked straight by me Well times have changed And time sure has changed
Oh, nothing changes around here Oh, nothing changes around here Oh no Oh, but I see you now On the outskirts of town But the fog gets so heavy But if
So you've paid your dues (No intention to) Those Elvis frauds, how they'll applaud Farewell my friends So in your Rock 'n' Roll (In your Rock 'n' Roll
You knocked up your whole life In the wee small hours of the night I know things might seem hopeless now Yes, I know things might seem hopeless now But
(Well hey) Don't it feel like everybody is in on it Cos all this talk of getting away It just goes on and on Well tell him and all his best men you'll
Slow down, lately lives are moving too fast Put your money down and we'll make it last By dawn we'll be out of here The marching band play for the families
You remember being beautiful Regrets, regrets, regrets Did you take those fleeting glances For granted, for granted, for granted? You rolled your eyes
I'll return under the cover of night Oh, those were simpler times We'd take a walk through the park And go out after dark Obsessed with only ourselves
