[00:21.61]"Paul Simon & Precious Metals"
[00:00.94]You said your life's a house of cards,
[00:03.15]and it teeters on the brink
[00:05.45]On the edges of window ledges,
[00:08.04]until like a great ship down it sinks
[00:13.84]Into the sea bed, with sunken gold
[00:23.71]And words that we said
[00:29.87]back when You used to think that your life was
[00:32.76]precious metals and rose petals
[00:35.26]But now as you're growing up you're finding
[00:37.57]it's nail-biting and teeth-grinding
[00:40.17]That crown you wore with the Rhinestones is
[00:42.47]now just thorns, needles and pinecones
[00:45.02]And here's one last thing that you must learn too;
[00:47.57]what keeps you warm can also burn you
[00:49.98]Time's sinister sundials make your days hard as city streets
[00:54.74]You fall in traps, jet black in the hole that your self-pity eats
[00:59.85]I'm playing cards real close to my chest
[01:02.46]so you can't see what I've got
[01:04.65]One minute we're sub-zero and in the
[01:07.30]same breath piping hot because
[01:09.70]When we are up, we're up and then
[01:12.11]when we are down, we're down
[01:14.40]Cars crash in perfect fashion but they
[01:17.11]don't seem to make a sound and now
[01:19.56]When I'm hanging with you it feels like I'm hanging myself
[01:24.62]Now my phone's off the hook and I lay low, lie low, I go stealth
[01:29.48]You used to think that your life was
[01:31.92]precious metals and Rose petals
[01:34.53]But now as you're growing up you're finding
[01:37.03]it's nail-biting and teeth-grinding
[01:39.39]That crown you wore with the Rhinestones is now
[01:41.82]just thorns, needles and pinecones
[01:44.28]And here's one last thing that you must learn too;
[01:46.81]what keeps you warm can also burn you
[01:49.32]You said your life's a house of cards, and it teeters on the brink
[01:54.73]On the edges of window l-e-d-g-e-s,
[01:59.33]Watch the clouds move up above, As we slowly start to fade
[02:04.62]You and I had things that cut like a razor blade
[02:10.93]by og