Old yellow bricks, love's a risk Quite the little escapologist Love's so miffed when you wish For a thousand places better than this
You are the fugitive, but you don't know what you're running from You can't kid us and you couldn't trick anyone Houdini, look, you don't know what you're running away from
Who wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up? Blinded by nostalgia Who wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up?
She was enraged by the way That the emperors were trapped in the cage And the days she deemed dull Leading to nights reading beer bottles
You're such a fugitive, but you don't know what you're running from You can't kid us, and you couldn't trick anyone Houdini, look, you don't know what you're running away from
Who wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up? Blinded by nostalgia Who wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up?
You're at a loss, just because It wasn't all that you thought it was You are the fugitive, but you don't know what you're running away from
She said, "I want to sleep in a city that never wakes up And revel in nostalgia" "I know", I said, "He wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up, But... Dorothy was right, though."