When I was a boy
My mother said
Be careful, son
The dreams in your head that you keep
When you drift off to sleep
Satisfy but they won't get you by

Even as a man
My father pleads
Son, understand
The schemes that run wild in your head
Leave your future for dead
In our eyes and they won't get you by

You're living a lie
Hear what I say
You're wasting away

Standing here my head is reeling
I can't control the way I'm feeling
Mother, father please forgive me
For the way I'm living

When I was a boy
My mother said
Be careful, son
The dreams in your head that you keep
When you drift off to sleep
Satisfy but they won't get you by

You're living a lie
Hear what I say
You're wasting away
They won't get you by
You're living a lie
Hear what I say
You're wasting away