Its four in the afternoon I'm on a flight leaving LA Trying to think about my life My youth scattered along the highway Hotel rooms in headlights I've made a living with a song Just a guitar as my companion Wanting desperately to be loved Fame is filled with spoiled children They grow fat on fantasy I guess that's why I'm leaving I crave reality ---vvv---Chorus So goodbye Alice in Wonderland Goodbye yellow brick road There is a difference between dreaming and pretending I did not find paradise It was only a reflection Of my lonely mind searching Em??? Dreaming is a good thing Cause it brings new things to life Pretending is an ending That perpetuates a lie Forgetting what you are Seeing for what you've been told And growing up is not the answer to dreaming Its being able to understand the difference between The ones you can hold and the ones that you've been sold Truth is stranger than fiction This is my chance to get it right Life is much better Without all of your pretty lies So goodbye Alice in Wonderland You can keep your yellow brick road There is a difference between dreaming and pretending That was not love in your eyes It was only a reflection Of my lonely mind wanting It was only a reflection Of my lonely mind wishing That you were what was missing from my life