I wish I lived in Graceland
But I only had one day
A postcard from the mainland
Is all I have today
Forty thousand million
And a Rolls Royce engine
Couldn’t take me anywhere
Yes I tried with Aspirin
And a nice calm weekend
But my heart has left me here
I wish I had that skin tan
That you are born into
They’d see me as a warm man
Just like they’re seeing you
Forty thousand million
And a Rolls Royce engine
Couldn’t take me anywhere
Yes I tried with Aspirin
And a nice calm weekend
But my heart has left me here
I drown in my drool
Over all the goodies that they get
I drown in a pool
In a pool of my own sweat
Forty thousand million
And a Rolls Royce engine
Couldn’t take me anywhere
Yes I tried with Aspirin
And a nice calm weekend
But my heart has left me
But I only had one day
A postcard from the mainland
Is all I have today
And a Rolls Royce engine
Couldn’t take me anywhere
Yes I tried with Aspirin
And a nice calm weekend
But my heart has left me here
That you are born into
They’d see me as a warm man
Just like they’re seeing you
And a Rolls Royce engine
Couldn’t take me anywhere
Yes I tried with Aspirin
And a nice calm weekend
But my heart has left me here
Over all the goodies that they get
I drown in a pool
In a pool of my own sweat
And a Rolls Royce engine
Couldn’t take me anywhere
Yes I tried with Aspirin
And a nice calm weekend
But my heart has left me
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Excess, as seen from the working class.
that, and maybe the story of a man who can't escape his meaningless life no matter how many vacations abroad he goes on. he can never really grow that tan and become the southern man, free from inhibitions and responsibilities