[PAUSE EIGHT BEATS] [INSTRUMENTAL GUITAR AND STRINGS 8 BARS] ah huh ah.. ah huh ah hmm hmm [INTRO] When I look at you I see right through just lines and a happy face colored in crayon [VERSE] you’re about a boy not there a nothing floating through a leaf of paper on a dirty pool not there just make believe [VERSE] I watch you staring at the pond your eyes wander miles of imaginary road going nowhere [PRE CHORUS] you live in a silent world where purloined heartbeats are a cold flame alight in you paper boy [BEGIN PERCUSSIONS] [CHORUS] I can’t ask you or wonder why your story today is just another throw away instead of life you just ride your rusty bike into the rain Paper boy why can’t you see through yourself will you keep throwing stories away until one moves you [PAUSE] [GUITAR SOLO CELLO HARMONY] ah huh ah.. ah huh ah hmm hmm [VERSE] Real people are there if a world of muses confronts a mute what song should there be [VERSE] will you ever write your story? will you throw away love too? why do you only watch as others live just not you [VERSE] is there anyone to save you from yourself a love that will see more than your crayon smile? [OUTRO] you are a boy of paper soaked in the rain if you had a heart at least there would be pain [PRE CHORUS] you live in a silent world where purloined heartbeats are a cold flame alight in you paper boy [CHORUS] I can’t ask you or wonder why your story today is just another throw away I can’t ask you or wonder why your story today is just another throw away instead of living you just ride your rusty bike into the rain Paper boy why can’t you see through yourself will you keep throwing stories away until one moves you paper boy
