It′s once upon a time

I rode with a friend of mine

Side by side on the conquerors' routeWe were set in our designs

We were wasted on white wine

And our fine satin jackets hung loose

We triumphed and we lost

But we knew, at any cost

There was treasure we′d claw our way to

And we'd know it by the gleam

We had seen inside some dream

That was beamеd through our boyhood bedrooms

When we wеre nothing special

In time I'll see my queen

Gray-eyed, emblazoned jeans

And a raven riding boot

I call her from the moon

With my thousand-dollar tune

But, in airlessness, my words diffuse

My friend, he failed and fought

In a pattern he was caught

And his family, they could not break through

And his lover stood aside

From the other room she cried

She was shivering inside her swimsuit

Was she nothing special?

You′re only of your time

And I′m certainly of mine

You and I, we stand accused

I can see some coming day

Just a year or two away

When we'll wake to some wonderful news

You′re opening your eyes

And the same old friendly lies

Can't disguise the terrible truth

Hard waves are going to break

You′ll be covering your face

But amazingly, you'll make it through

′Cause you're nothing special

I'm stranded on the shore

And you′re gone forevermore

And embraced at the baseline, so deep

You were lost, or I was cowed

But it doesn′t matter now

We'll discuss it some time I′m asleep

Sit by my side, so close

And I'll tell you all I know

I don′t mind if you'd like to repeat

It′s time to say it's done

I'm not getting what I want

When I′ve lost it, I′m finally free

To be nothing special

Oh, it's nothing

We stagger through the hills

And I′m stripping off my silks

And my silver rings I have sold

My friend's along with me

And we make it to the sea

We′ve agreed to give back all our gold