Golden

How cruel is the golden rule When the lives we lived are Only golden plated? [Bridge] And I knew that The lights of this city Were too heavy for me And Though I carry karats For everyone to see [Chorus] And I saw God cry in The reflection of my enemies And all the lovers With no time for me And all of the mothers Raised their babies To stay away from me Tongues on the sockets Of electric dreams When the sewage of youth Drowned the spark of my teens And I knew that The lights of this city Were too heavy for me (Too heavy for me...) And though I carry karats For everyone to see (Everyone to see...) [Chorus] And pray they don’t grow up to be...