C 
Yeah, I've seen your face in magazines 
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Yeah I've read all of those press room queens descr i ptions 
C 
I can't believe the lies they tell 
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But truth is not the way to sell subscr i ptions 
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After all the smoke had cleared away 
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Did not take me long to find out what you had to say 
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This is just a game and I'm glad I finally learned to play by the rules 
        F      C           G 
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 
While all the time you sacrificed your rhymes to find a word they could not see 
Hidden in your melodies 
 
Chorus: 
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Like a tree that could bend with the wind 
       F          G                C 
Like a river that flows around the bend 
       F             G              C              F  
Like a dream, like a song, they all cross right or wrong 
          C                G              C  
They 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 
I just kept pretending that I did not give a damn 
Now this situations gotten too far out of hand to be real 
I don't wanna make a deal 
 
The parasites reach for your heart 
Each one must try 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 
Bobby,do you know what I mean 
 
Chorus 2: 
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, that I've crossed, right or wrong 
And I'll just keep on building castles in the sand 
 
They drove me in their limousines 
My pockets bursting at the seems with money 
They said that I could take your place 
By putting makeup on my face like honey 
Now don't you know it chilled me to the bone 
They even had the nerve to ask me if i could re-write Like a Rolling Stone 
Thats when I told they the should leave my ass alone, its plan to see 
I just wanted to be free