Don't build for me no paper mansions that only stand until you're gone
You paint the nicest futures of anyone I know
You always leave me holding on to pretty words aglow
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 no paper mansions that I can never call my own
For love can't live in paper mansions that only stand until you're gone
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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 stands until you leave again
