I had a sugar-coated childhood

The stars were in my soup

But given the opportunity

I'd start over and change it all



Beatlemania made my mother

Think the way she does

She always said

"Don't waste your life wishing everything was how it was"



Paul is alive



I was in a moment for a moment

Then I wasn't

I was sixteen years old in a dead guy's boots

With my hair slicked to the side



Sitting outside the Jockey Club

Crying in my 7-up

I could hear Husker Du and The Smiths

The Sluggos, The Cramps go bup bup bup bup inside



Paul is alive



Nobody stays above

Out in the waves of love

Nobody stays above

Out in the waves of love

Inside the Jockey Club

I'm even



I've never been this far up the river

And I don't want to go

Nobody makes you beg to be different

And there's Foster's on the floor



If I go

Will I find

There's a waiting line?

Maybe I should take my time

'Cause I never heard of anybody coming back



Nobody stays above

Out in the waves of love

Nobody stays above

Out in the waves of love

Inside the Jockey Club

I'm even with heaven



I've never been this far up the river

And I don't want to go

Nobody makes you beg to be different

And there's Foster's on the floor