chorus 1:
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old,
Will you buy me a house of gold?
and when your father turns to stone,
Will you take care of me?"
chorus 2:
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old,
Will you buy me a house of gold?
and when your father turns to stone,
Will you take care of me?"
bridge 1:
I will make you
Queen of everything you see
I'll put you on the map
I'll cure you of disease
Verse 1:
Let's say we up and left this town
and turned our future upside-down
We'll make pretend that you and me
Lived ever after, happily
chorus 3:
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old,
Will you buy me a house of gold?
and when your father turns to stone,
Will you take care of me?"
bridge 2:
I will make you
Queen of everything you see
I'll put you on the map
I'll cure you of disease
Verse 2:
and since we know that dreams are dead
and life turns plans up on their head
I will plan to be a bum
So I just might become someone
chorus 4:
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old,
Will you buy me a house of gold?
and when your father turns to stone,
Will you take care of me?"
bridge 3:
I will make you
Queen of everything you see
I'll put you on the map
I'll cure you of disease