Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Better Dead Than Lead lyrics

I had a golden ring, and I kept it with golden things

In the Bank of a Million Dreams that was bursting at all the seams

I had a golden ring. It was such an important thing

That I kept it beneath my bed, and I carried it in my head

I had a golden dream, and the way it down came to me

Was through Captains of Alchemy, who came up from a steely sea

And I dreamed through the rainy night, and I managed to sleep alright

And my body became so light, that I managed to give it flight

Because I know gold is just a trick of light

And lead is light as a feather

So, leave me where the kids are alright

And we will all go down together

I had a golden dream, and they took it away from me

And they pulled it out of my head, and they showed me that it was lead

And that's the way it's gonna be.