Dear John some day there's going to come a river Wash all this poor shit away Rock on with the power of the Ganges Destroy a Starbucks today When progress
So how do you get your kicks When you're out on the town I'm counting the stars You know it's a lie just a chemical reaction A one in a million chance
You know I do expect a lot But look at what I got I'm crying in my beer Oh dear, oh dear I'm staring into space Remembering your face And what it used
When the bind is the grind that gets you down and that's not right for you When you feel that your day has yet to come It never comes too soon and the
Getting older faster now Do you really need to know? Life's flying past me now Do you really need to know My dear friend have a wonderful life And may
Blowing smoke rings in my face again You look a mess I think we've got the time and the inclination now Getting slower every single day It's just your
We're going to fly to the sun 'cause your planets been done The planets been done We're going to flee before caught 'Cause your planets been bought
And the cigarettes you crashed Left a trail that I could catch Like those jet streams in your eyes, You know you're harder to define Roll up roll down
The night before we always died In morning light we survived 'Cause we lived a lot and loved a lot And drank a lot and fought She wears my ring, in
She was the sinking ship that dragged me down I was well equipped I wouldn't drown At the journey's end we would no longer be Time and tide don't bury
Stop the press I'm in a mess I kissed a girl to shut her up It didn't work, it never does 'Cause what you see is what you see Stop the press I'm in
I'm done with drugs and cigarettes pornography and casual sex I'm done with drink and late night fun my hedonism's all been done Because I have finally
smile In such a long long time Now you see the world in bloom Oh my eyes are open wide I'm walking on fire to feel this alive Oh my eyes are open wide
See you on the silver screen, the TV, and the stage Collect your Oscar, brit and bafta your name is engraved You're having my sex, you're sleeping with
Some day somewhere you'll follow me down Your face misplaced My love, I'm wearing a frown Don't want to talk about it When you're around Can't even think
Life in the garden of Eden is good now You're feeding me Tired of all your deceiving And all that you rain down on me Blackened, blinded, now you're
