You're my flesh and blood

But we're not the same

A common name

And now

A common distance



I looked up to you

In your plush armchair

Respect or fear

I couldn't see the difference



Lay your wager down

Who'll be king in tinsel town? 

`cause all the prophets and the gypsies

On the strip in venice beach

Have looked me in the eye

And said"your dreams still lie in reach"

And who am I to doubt them

And who are you

To write these speeches? 



Is it my poverty

That brings a blush to you? 

Or the honesty

That speaks the mind

That comes with it



Were you once a man

With younger eyes

A hungry pride

That would not feel

Resistance? 



Lay your wager down

They're crowning the king in tinsel town

There are strangersthere are lovers

Out on fairfax in a line

They look me in the eye

And say "our thoughts are intertwined"

And who am I to doubt them? 

And who are you to tear down

These signs?