| (Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm) | 
| It's been a hard time living here out by myself | 
| It's been a hard time caring now 'bout someone else | 
| 'Cause when that girl gone left I nearly lost my mind | 
| It's been a long time coming but I feel alright | 
| And I'm feeling alright, now (Hmm, hmm) | 
| Yet I'm feeling alright, now (Hmm, hmm) | 
| I swear that I had broken free now living for myself | 
| I've been seeking medication, huh, with someone else | 
| But every time I think it's over don't she come around, huh | 
| Racing through my mind and just bringing me down | 
| These paper dreams, they still find a way to my heart | 
| All these years they keep tearing me apart now | 
| Wasted words, well, it never seems to stop now | 
| I thought you're all that I need | 
| But I'm living paper dreams, paper dreams | 
| (Hmm, hmm) | 
| I'm shaking just enough now here to hold this line | 
| I wish I had an affidavit girl to know your mind | 
| Well, it's a cold, cold world that I'm holding to | 
| Keep me in the dark, babe, I don't want your truth | 
| These paper dreams, they still find a way to my heart | 
| All these years they keep tearing me apart now | 
| Wasted words, well, it never seems to stop now | 
| I thought you're all that I need | 
| But I'm living paper dreams, paper dreams | 
| (Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm) | 
| (Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm) | 
| These paper dreams, they still find a way to my heart | 
| All these years they keep tearing me apart now | 
| Wasted words, well, it never seems to stop now | 
| I thought you're all that I need | 
| But I'm living paper dreams | 
| These paper dreams, they still find a way to my heart | 
| All these years they keep tearing me apart now | 
| Wasted words, well, it never seems to stop now | 
| I thought you're all that I need | 
| But I'm living paper dreams, paper dreams |