This is what we do with boys like you
We put a rag in your mouth and we trap you in a locker
With American soil I will choke you at the side of the road
If you think you are somebody special, you better think twice
Put a flag in your hand and pretend that everything is all right
There was a time in your life when everything was all bright
And with a Viewmaster Stereoscope
You changed the world with the flip of a switch on the right
He was the best friend you've ever had
His name was Jonah
Tracing all the lines in the palm of your hand
Balancing a horse inside the Eiffel Tower
In the material world you saw a man with a cape
Then you came to believe he was your father
Journalism died for Superman
It was the year when they caught the Una Bomber
In the remains of the day
You had the light in your eyes
Oh my god I wish I was somebody like you
The song goes on forever
You're gonna live forever
Life is a dream that you'll always remember
Forever starting all over
I got the love that you long to discover
Don't you know you gotta be strong enough free her
Don't you know you gotta be strong enough to leave her
Don't you know that life isn't long enough to keep her
Don't you know, it is always forever
I never thought my life would come down to this
I stare into the radiator
The summer sky is bludgeoned with Strawberry Fields
A day in the life
Behind the wall with a John Lennon crucifix
I listen to the Karaoke
Holden Caulfield sings in the dark
Oh my god I wish I was somebody like you
Somebody like you
You're gonna live forever
Life is a dream that you'll always remember
Forever starting all over
I got the love that you long to discover
You look up to the sky
With your feet on the ground
As the world keeps turning
She wanna dance with me now
Here she comes!
She doesn't like the sound of the midnight train
By the downtown river
She wanna dance with me now
Come on!
You're gonna live forever!
Here's to all the things that we don't understand
The muddle in the middle, the chain of command
The plough that is reaping the fruit of the land
But heaven's not a place for Superman
The song goes on forever
Now you're playing the trombone in a marching band
The song goes on forever
You're stuck in the ethereal traffic jam
The song goes on forever
Bleeding the eternal summer rain
If you ever had the choice
Would you do it again?
Live forever!