Lyric Paper Mansions

(Ted Harris)

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

You paint the nicest 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 seem so strong
But they re always made of paper not of stone.

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

--- Instrumental ---

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

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