VERSE:
THE SUN WENT DOWN
I WALKED THROUGH TOWN
TO THE SINGLES BAR
HAD A COKE
THROUGH THE SMOKE
I COULD SEE HER SCARS
SHE SAID "MY FIRST LOVE HAD TWO PARTS
PRE CHORUS:
FIRST IT WAS AN OPEN ROAD
WE WERE YOUNG AND RUNNING FREE
THEN JOHNNY JACK-KNIFED IN SNOW
WHEN HE CHEATED ON ME
WHAT A BITTER FREEZE
CHORUS:
LIKE A GOLD TO GHETTO AFFAIR
LIKE A MILLIONAIRE THEN DEPENDING ON WELFARE
TOOK HIS TAXI RIDE BUT COULDN'T PAY THE FARE
TOOK ME TO MY FURNISHED HOUSE BUT IT WAS BARE
WHAT A RICHES TO RAGS NIGHTMARE
LIKE A GOLD TO GHETTO AFFAIR"
VERSE:
WE WALKED A BLOCK
ON THE COOL BOARDWALK
THEN DOWN TO THE SEA
MY SPIRIT BLED
FROM THE WORDS SHE SAID
SHE CRIED "I'M NOT FREE
OH HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED TO ME
PRE CHORUS
FIRST WE SPOKE WITH THE DOLPHINS
WHEN WE LIVED IN HARMONY
THEN I WAS CIRCLED BY TEN SHARKS
AND SCREAMED A TRAGIC MELODY
THAT WAS THE END OF ME
CHORUS:
LIKE A GOLD TO GHETTO AFFAIR
LIKE A MILLIONAIRE THEN DEPENDING ON WELFARE
TOOK HIS TAXI RIDE BUT COULDN'T PAY THE FARE
TOOK ME TO MY FURNISHED HOUSE BUT IT WAS BARE
WHAT A RICHES TO RAGS NIGHTMARE
LIKE A GOLD TO GHETTO AFFAIR
BRIDGE:
"I TOOK A GAMBLE AND TOOK A FALL
THE CARDS WERE STACKED AND I LOST IT ALL"
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