Better Dead Than Lead Lyrics - Singles - Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

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 golden 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 

'Cause I know, gold is just a trick of the 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 

But I know, gold is just a trick of the light 

And lead is light as a feather 

So, leave me where the kids are alright 

And we will all go down together 

And that's the way it's gonna be 

And if you wanna know why 

That was a [Incomprehensible] 

And I knew all time 

But gold is just a trick of the light 

And lead is light as a feather 

So, leave me where the kids are alright 

And we will all go down together 

Gold is just a trick of the light 

And lead is light as a feather 

So, leave me where the kids are alright 

And we will all go down together 

And that's the way it's gonna be 

That's the way it's gonna be