Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

Better Dead Than Lead
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 gold 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 From Letras Mania