You had your grand illusion
And wrestled with your fate
The winter of your discontent
Came twenty years too late
If it was love and I was there
I'd forgotten where it lives We both stepped off a frozen rock
Onto a burning bridge
You came like an invasion
All bells and whistles blowing Reaping the rewards
Of the fable you've been sewing I saw you cross the landing
Descending marble stairs Like Caesar crossed the Rubicon
You seemed to walk on air
And yet seen your movie
And I read it in your book The truth just flew off every page
Your songs have all the hooks Your seven wonders rolled in one
You shifted gears to cruise You came to town
in headlines And eight hundred dollar shoes
Oh
the bellboys are crying And money's changing hands
Your cloak and dagger legacies Gone home to no man's land
The marquee lights are flickering Your posters fading fast
Your being here just melts away Like ice cubes in a glass
And yet seen your movie And I read it in your book
The truth just flew off every page Your songs have all the hooks
Your seven wonders rolled in one You shifted gears to cruise
You came to town in headlines And eight hundred dollar shoes