Don`t build for me no paper mansions that I can never call my own
For love can`t live in paper mansions that only stand until you`ve gone
You paint the nicest futures of anyone I know
You always leave me holding on to pretty words that glow
You`ve built a thousand mansions out of dreams that seem so strong
But they`re always made of paper not of stone
Don`t build for me...
[ piano ]
You`ve always been a dreamer dear and I`m a dreamer too
But I guess I`ve had too many of the kind that don`t come true
So don`t build me no mansions with paper walls so thin
That only stand until you leave again
Don`t build for me...