Tell us we can be the very best and we will follow

Say that we can stand out from the rest and we will follow

But tell us we may never be what we wanted to be

We build a railroad to the sea

Show us pretty party people having fun and we will follow

Show us the exotic places in the sun and we will follow

But tell us we may never see what we want life to be

We build a railroad to the sea

Crying and laughing and singing and dying

Loving and living and lying forgiving - follow

Shaking and quaking and faking and breaking

Taking and making anticipating - follow

Wanting and choosing and winning and losing

Re-shaping our lives or just waiting to see

We build a railroad to the sea

Give us this day our daily kingdom come and we will follow

Show us how to get that muscle tone and we will follow

But tell us this may never be tell us nothing is free

We build a railroad to the sea