Make your way to promised lands Build your castles made of sand Hold the water in your hands For as long as you can, but Yellow brick roads and pots of gold Can leave a young man looking old And turn a warm heart cold For the brightest of gemstones Can look dull without the sun The sweetest of victories Can taste bitter on your tongue And the truest of love songs Can sound hollow when they're sung And the wisest words of age Are lost upon the young Sail away on distant seas Climb the mountains and the trees Search for diamonds on your knees For as long as you please, but Before your years have past Find a home that's built to last For the candle burns so fast And the brightest of gemstones Can look dull without the sun The sweetest of victories Can taste bitter on your tongue And the truest of love songs Can sound hollow when they're sung And the wisest words of age Are lost upon... The young boy Always in search of a new toy Shining and bright like a magpie Scouring the hedgerow for treasure Lost in the weeds and the weather Fooled by wrappings and ring pulls And destined to search forever For the brightest of gemstones Can look dull without the sun The sweetest of victories Can taste bitter on your tongue And the truest of love songs They sound hollow when they're sung And the wisest words of age Are lost upon the young