Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

 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

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 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

 For what was missing in my life

VERSE AND CHORUS 2 SAME CHORDS

I'm embarassed to say

The rest is a rock and roll cliche

I hit the bottom when i reached the top

Never knew it was you

Who was breaking my heart

I thought you had to love me

But you did not

Yes, a heart can hallucinate

If its completely stuffed for life

Can even make monsters seem like

Angels from above

Forged my love like a weapon

Turned it against me like a knife

Broke my last heart string

But you opened up my eyes

So goodbye Alice in Wonderland

Goodbye yellow brick road

There is a difference between dreaming and pretending

That was not love in your eyes

It was only a reflection

Bridge

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