Castles in the Sand Lyrics

I′ve seen your face in magazines
Yeah, I've read all of those press room queens′ descriptions
I can't believe the lies they tell
But truth is not the way to sell subscriptions
After all the smoke had cleared away

It did not take me long to find out what you had to say
This is just a game
And I'm glad I finally learned to play by the rules
Do they really think we′re fools?
They put you down behind my back
Distorting all the honest facts about you
While searching through your lyric sheets
For secret meanings too discreet to doubt you
Isn′t it a shame they never heard?

They finally wrote you off as really being too absurd
Well, all the time you sacrificed your rhymes
To find a word they could not see
Hidden in your melodies

Like a tree that can bend with the wind
Like a river that flows around the bend
Like a dream, like a song
They all cross right or wrong
And just keep on building castles in the sand

Then just like you, they told me lies
And offered corporate alibis to change me
My songs were taken through the mill
While managers were hired to rearrange me
They led me to the slaughter like a lamb

Yeah, I just kept pretending that I did not give a damn
Now this situation's getting too far out of hand to be real
I don′t want to make a deal
The parasites reach for your heart
Each one must try to do their part to drain you
You give them your best autograph
On pictures knowing well they're gonna frame you
Don′t you know it happens every time?

Little did they know that I could read between the lines
You told them times were changing
But they did not heed the signs
I'm not that green
Baby, do you know what I mean?

I′m like a tree that can bend with the wind
I'm like a river that flows around the bend
I'm like a dream, like a song
They might cross right or wrong
And now just keep on building castles in the sand

They drove me in their limousines
My pockets bursting at the seams with money
They said that I could take your place
By putting makeup on my face like honey
Yeah, don′t you know it chilled me to the bone?
They even had the nerve to ask me if
I could rewrite "Like a Rolling Stone"
That′s when I told them they should leave my ass alone
It's plain to see
I just wanted to be free

Like a tree that can bend with the wind
Like a river that flows around the bend
Like a dream, like a song
They might cross right or wrong
And now just keep on building castles in the sand

And every song I write, my friend, I play it with my band