He was just a young boy He dreamed he could be someone, Someone would someone would dream they could be some day And she was just a little girl She dreamed that one day she'd be queen of the whole town And sideways dreaming, it's all I've ever known It's how I've grown up tired Now he's a young man Working hard to break all the rules he learned to play by Soon, she's a woman If I could see inside her mind, you know I'd be a wiser man Sideways dreaming, it's all I've ever known It's how I've grown up tired But they still bleed red blood on the streets of the cities And I might as well mention that they're alone just like you and me Ooh