I can see the Sierra Nevada mountains They're on a bottle in my room They look way better in the picture than they do From the van window From the van window From my cell limbo From this prison transporting me 'round I can see the jacaranda trees have blossomed My girlfriend sent me a nice photograph I wish I was back in my garden But all I have Is this van window I've been leaning on for days And if I ever get to see the real world Then take a picture of my face It might be happy I know that it seems some kind of fairy tale I'm falling apart, now I'm living off jerrycans It seemed so lovely at first So beautiful to die for So beautiful to die La-la-la-la La-la-la-la I can see the Sierra Nevada mountains They're on a bottle in my room They look way better in the picture than they do From the van window From the van window From my cell limbo From this prison transporting me 'round