Fact is often much stranger Than fiction, no danger It's easy to ignore it Hide your head and don't look for it Ain't no way to run a universe Someone's holding the strings of the purse Got his finger...
I was a rich man, I was a thief I was a sailor, shipwrecked on a reef I was a coward, I was afraid I was couragious, man I was brave Until the oceans dry Until the day you die Until the stars fall out...
Parental blankets did me well Outside I could never tell Nothing could prepare me For what I found away from home So much beauty So much cruelty No one said it would be easy No one said it would be so...