Paper Sun

So you think you're having good times

With the boy that you just met (Paper sun)

Kicking sand from beach to beach

Your clothes are soaking wet

But if you look around and see

A shadow on the run (On the run)

Don't be too upset because it's just a paper sun

A paper sun

A paper sun

In the room where you've been sleeping

All your clothes are thrown about (Paper sun)

Cigarettes burn window sills

Your meter's all run out

But then again, it's nothing

You just split when day is done (Day is done)

Hitching lifts to nowhere, hung up on the paper sun

A paper sun

A paper sun

Standing in the cool of my room

Fresh cut flowers give me sweet perfume

Too much sun will burn (Too much sun will burn)

Too much sun will burn (Too much sun will burn)

When you're feeling tired and lonely

You see people going home (Paper sun)

You can't make the train fare

Or the sixpence for the phone

And icicles you're crying

Down your cheek have just begun (Just begun)

Don't be sad, good times are had

Beneath the paper sun

A paper sun

A paper sun