Lyric Paper Mansions

(Ted Harris)

Don t build for me no paper mansions that only stand until you ve gone
You ve paint the nastiest futures of anyone I know
You always leave me holding on to pretty words that glow
You ve built a thousand mansions out of dreams that seemed so strong
But they re always made of paper not of stone.

Don t build for me no paper mansion
That I can never call my own
For love can t live in paper mansions
That only stand until you ve gone.

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You ve always been a dreamer dear and I m a dreamer too
But I guess I ve had too many of the time that don t come true
So don t build me no mansion with paper walls so thin
That only stand until you leave again.

Don t build for me no paper mansion
That I can never call my own
For love can t live in paper mansions
That only stand until you ve gone...