Well, you can ride on the crest of a wave

If that's where you want to be

But does the look on your face

Mean you're really feeling happy? Or do you feel like you're standing on a wooden leg

Or a poor man much too proud to beg

Or a page from a book that can't be read at all? You gotta see by the way

That they are talking

That it's time for you

To pick up your grip start walking 'Cause they want to see your long legs flying

Go to the place where the earth meets the sky and

Don't stop to turn around and wave goodbye at all They won't be satisfied

Till you're out of their sight

But I wonder how will you feel

With a deck of cards

You're not around to deal

You're not around to deal They won't be satisfied

Till you're out of their sight

But I wonder how will you feel

With a deck of cards

You're not around to deal?

You're not around to deal Well, they say it's a lie, a joke

That you are living

But you know one thing they don't

You won't give in 'Cause you're like a cat, chasin' its tail

Makes a million circles but you're gonna fail

Look down you just don't understand Well, you can ride on the crest of a wave

If that's where you want to be

But does the look on your face

Mean you're really feeling happy? Well, do you feel like you're standing on a wooden leg

A poor man much too proud to beg

Or a page from a book that can't be read at all? Well, do you feel like you're standing on a wooden leg

Or a poor man much too proud to beg

Or a page from a book that can't be read at all?