ONCE THERE WAS A MAN
WHO HAD A LITTLE TOO MUCH
TIME ON HIS HANDS
HE NEVER STOPPED TO THINK
THAT HE WAS GETTING OLDER
BUT WHEN HIS NIGHT
CAME TO AN END
HE TRIED TO GRASP
FOR HIS LAST FRIEND
AND PRETEND THAT HE
COULD WISH HIMSELF HEALTH
ON A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER
HE SAID IS THIS
THE RETURN TO OZ?
THE GRASS IS DEAD
THE GOLD IS BROWN
AND THE SKY HAS CLAWS
THERE'S A WIND-UP MAN
WALKING 'ROUND AND 'ROUND
WHAT ONCE WAS EMERALD
CITY'S NOW A CRYSTAL TOWN
THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNIN'
YOU GET A PHONE CALL
FROM THE QUEEN
WITH A HUNDRED HEADS
SHE SAYS THAT
THEY'RE ALL DEAD
SHE TRIED THE LAST ONE ON
IT COULDN'T SPEAK, FELL OFF
AND NOW SHE JUST
WANDERS THE HALLS
THINKIN' NOTHIN'
THINKIN' NOTHIN' AT ALL
SHE SAID IS THIS
THE RETURN TO OZ?
THE GRASS IS DEAD
THE GOLD IS BROWN
AND THE SKY HAS CLAWS
THERE'S A WIND-UP MAN
WALKING 'ROUND AND 'ROUND
WHAT ONCE WAS EMERALD
CITY'S NOW A CRYSTAL TOWN
THE WHEELIES ARE
CUTTING PAVEMENT
AND THE SKEKSIS AT THE RAVE
MEANT TO HIDE DEEP INSIDE
THEIR SUNKEN FACES
AND THEIR WILD, ROLLING EYES
BUT THEIR CALLOUS WORDS
REVEAL THAT THEY CAN
NO LONGER FEEL
LOVE OR SEX APPEAL
THE PATCHWORK GIRL
HAS COME TO CINCH THE DEAL
TO RETURN TO OZ
WE'VE FLED THE WORLD WITH
SMILES AND CLENCHING JAWS
PLEASE HELP ME FRIEND
FROM COMING DOWN
I'VE LOST MY PLACE AND
NOW IT CAN'T BE FOUND
IS THIS THE RETURN TO OZ?
THE GRASS IS DEAD
THE GOLD IS BROWN
AND THE SKY HAS CLAWS
THERE'S A WIND-UP MAN
WALKING 'ROUND AND 'ROUND
WHAT ONCE WAS EMERALD
CITY'S NOW A CRYSTAL TOWN