Unreleased Songs

Ted Leo & The Pharmacists Unreleased Songs Album

4.Better Dead Than Lead

Lyricist:Theodore Leo

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
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