How did you get it in your head, Mr. Bonaparte
That everything you did and said would amount to law
And all of the players and pieces on the map you drew
Should be happy to revolve their lives around you

DaVinci threw his brushes down in anger
Picasso threw his hands up in defeat
A captive bird may sing
But this one's on the wing

Young Johnny, he really had a way
He did his homework on the school bus
And he always got an A
And the girls liked Johnny
More than anyone 'cept maybe Elton John
Later on in high school
He couldn't keep his red suspenders on

On a balcony in New York
It's just started to snow
He meets us at the lift
Like Douglas Fairbanks
Waving his walking stick

Can you act a fool, do the Kim Kardashian?

Playin' to the radio hour by hour
Guitar too big and hands too small
Spent a whole summer pickin' "Wildwood Flower"
Mother Maybelle, she was ten feet tall

I went back home to put on my dress
I arrived later in the one that looked the best
I was tappin' my feet to a Muddy Waters song
When you walked in the door with a white shirt on

It doesn't seem so very long ago
We listened to Del Shannon on the stereo
I never thought it would be my turn to say
"Has anybody seen my Little Runaway?"

Well, you went uptown ridin' in your limousine With your fine Park Avenue clothes You had the Dom Perignon in your hand And the spoon up your nose

There'll be a fireplace in the winter
There's lots of houses down this street
Summertime he'll catch your Frisbee
To beg the best of your dinner meat

You head down the drive and hope
The Chevy decides to start
I'm just at the end of my rope
And you're just tugging at my heart

But you will come to a place
Where the only thing you feel are loaded guns in your face

I got a satin pillow, it's a souvenir of Niagara Falls,
And our honeymoon and it's been some years
But I remember it all so well
We had a brand new car
And we drove it all the way from Baton Rouge
We figured why not give it a shot
We've got nothing to lose

Gary, Indiana
Mobile, Alabama
Phoenix, Arizona
Bismarck, North Dakota
New York, L. A.
Houston, Tampa Bay
London, Tokyo
Everywhere you go

I was climbin' the white cliffs of Dover
Staring into certain death
When I called your name
With my last breath