New shirt, new shoes, new you
New habits, values, attitudes and
No friends, no recompense
get dizzy from the latitude
Yeah, they’ll say you’re crazy but
you go your own imaginary way
It’s you and only you
with no one to impersonate and
You might disintegrate or, worse,
You’ll over compensate
But, you can’t go wrong here
It’s the roll that you were born to play
It’s your great escape
No more walking in the rain
No more falling way too far
You can lie in bed awake
Nothing tearing you apart
Doesn’t matter who you are
‘Cause you’ll never be the same
That’s your great escape
Throw out the arguments
In retrospect claim ignorance
And, no disrespect, but
Why pay reverence to dissonance?
And don’t break your silence
‘Cause it’s better than an old cliché
It’s your great escape
No more walking in the rain
No more falling way too far
You can lie in bed awake
Nothing tearing you apart
Doesn’t matter who you are
‘Cause you’ll never be the same
That’s your great escape
Oh, time will tell. It’s just as well
Lemons to lemonade
Live and learn and crash and burn
Run tail between your legs
Life is rough but close enough for
Horseshoes and for hand grenades
It’s your great escape
No more walking in the rain
No more falling way too far
You can lie in bed awake
Nothing tearing you apart
Doesn’t matter who you are
‘Cause you’ll never be the same
That’s your great escape
No more walking in the rain
No more falling way too far
You just lie in bed awake
Nothing tearing you apart
Doesn’t matter who you are
‘Cause you’ll never be the same
That’s your great escape
That’s your great escape
