Well it's a long way from Star, Mississippi To the big stage i'm singing on tonight And sometimes the butterflies still get me When I'm in the spotlight
The train pulled into paris like a rocket to the moon The station's like a circus every face is a cartoon Everybody's stoned on pride and drunk on cheap
It's late enough all you kids should be home The policeman says as he takes your beer for his own You remember wondering what his wife Thought about
1st Verse (It's) so hot outside all I can wear Is these cutoff overalls And sandals on my feet But I empty my pockets for a bus ticket Just so I could
We?ve got bare foot ladies and tricked out Mercedes People getting crazy on the boulevard We?ve got classic colas and ice cold corona?s and big pool
What if no one would kill for their religion. What if no one ever had to go to war. What if children of the world made world decisions. Paint-by number
and someone says goodbye And after all those empty nights you cried The morning that you wake up good as new That's the kind of day i wish for you The faith
TV flashes down the hall, painting pictures on the wall. And you're still sleeping on my knees. And in the glow of silver light I trace the lines above
Cause I believe in fairy tales And dreamer's dreams Like bedsheet sails And I believe in Peter Pan And miracles, anything I can to get by . . . And fireflies And fireflies