Better Dead Than Lead-Ted Leo

[ti:Better Dead Than Lead] [ar:Ted Leo] [al:Shake the Sheets] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Better Dead Than Lead - Ted Leo [00:19.01]I had a golden ring [00:20.14] [00:20.69]And I kept it with golden things [00:23.25]In the bank of a million dreams [00:25.74]That was bursting at all the seams [00:28.10] [00:29.41]I had a golden ring [00:31.20]It was such an important thing [00:33.10] [00:33.83]That I kept it beneath my bed [00:35.77] [00:36.34]And I carried it in my head [00:38.37] [00:40.21]I had a golden dream [00:41.35] [00:41.97]And the way it came down to me [00:44.43]Was through captains of alchemy [00:46.51] [00:47.01]Who came up through a steely sea [00:49.61]And I dreamt through the rainy night [00:51.61] [00:52.46]And I managed to sleep alright [00:54.39] [00:55.00]And my body became so light [00:56.91] [00:57.54]That I managed to give it flight [00:59.79] [01:00.51]Cause I know gold is just a trick of light [01:02.94] [01:03.88]And lead is light as a feather [01:06.11] [01:07.14]So leave me where the kids are alright [01:08.78] [01:09.72]And we will all go down together [01:11.96] [01:23.82]I had a golden dream [01:24.84] [01:25.71]And they took it away from me [01:27.53] [01:28.05]And they pulled it out of my head [01:30.69]And they showed me that it was lead [01:32.86] [01:33.70]But I know gold is just a trick of light [01:36.09] [01:37.03]And lead is light as a feather [01:39.40] [01:40.25]So leave me where the kids are alright [01:41.88] [01:42.83]And we will all go down together [01:45.08] [01:46.24]And that's the way [01:49.58] [01:52.04]It's gonna be [01:57.59] [02:16.53]And there's water in wine [02:17.78] [02:19.38]And there's nickel in dimes [02:21.05] [02:22.24]And they knew all the time [02:24.02] [02:35.71]But gold is just a trick of light [02:37.63] [02:38.54]And lead is light as a feather [02:40.88] [02:41.54]So leave me where the kids are alright [02:43.35] [02:44.28]And we will all go down together [02:46.55] [02:47.77]Gold is just a trick of light [02:49.47] [02:50.56]Lead is light as a feather [02:52.72] [02:53.69]So leave me where the kids are alright [02:55.27] [02:56.35]And we will all go down together [02:58.49] [02:59.64]And that's the way [03:03.01] [03:05.25]It's gonna be [03:09.70] [03:11.87]That's the way [03:15.87] [03:17.24]It's gonna be