Nothing Painted Blue - One Who Fell lyrics

I had an atom smasher/I was using it to mow my lawn

I was a party crasher/I used to stay 'til the rest of the guests were gone


I was an empire builder/with properties that hid the sky

I had a charcoal filter/but now there's nothing left for me to purify



because you/took my world

and placed it somewhere I was not allowed

yeah you/stole my whole world

now I don't know how to knock you off your cloud



but the space you fill/is blank as hell

and if you go/it's just as well

but won't you throw a rope to one who fell?

one who fell



I had a stately manor/and a 9.7% yield

I was an urban planner/from Toluca Lake out to Bakersfield

I was a power broker/in my private Parthenon

I had an all-day sucker/but you took three licks and it was gone



since you/stole the world

and put it where the air's too thin to breathe

yeah you/stole my whole world

and left me down here where the serpents seethe



but the space you fill/is blank as hell

and if you go/it's just as well

but won't you throw a rope to one who fell?

one who fell