You bought into the hype You were the guileless type You had hopes and dreams You had hopes and dreams You're right you're never wrong That's how they string you along They got ways and means They got ways and means Ways and means You never say what you mean You never tell them where you been All your life All your life Have you gone too far? Forgotten who you are? You had hopes and dreams You had hopes and dreams You lived your life too fast Now the good time's past That's the ways and means That's the ways and means Ways and means You never say what you mean You never tell them where you been All your life All your life The cars are crawling home It's another day gone Where's your hopes and dreams? Where's your hopes and dreams? You wrote your name in the sky Did you fall or did you fly? That's your ways and means That's the ways and means Ways and means You never say what you mean You never tell them where you been All your life All your life All your life