Takes

Lyrics

[verse]

They dressed the stage in golden light and told me I would shine,

Painted every promise pretty, called the future mine.

But the glitter never warmed me like the fields back home,

So I'm packing up this borrowed crown and heading out alone.

[chorus]

So goodbye to the shining painted road,

I'm trading all this glitter for a simpler load.

You can keep the stage lights, keep the paper crown,

I'm going back to something real, going back down.

[verse]

The city towers told me that I'd never miss the dirt,

Said the quiet farmland wasn't worth the hurt.

But I remember open sky and honest working hands,

More than all the flashing signs of these borrowed lands.

[chorus]

So goodbye to the shining painted road,

I'm trading all this glitter for a simpler load.

You can keep the stage lights, keep the paper crown,

I'm going back to something real, going back down.

[bridge]

Maybe I was foolish thinking fame would set me free,

Turns out all I wanted was a life that felt like me.

So thank you for the lesson, thank you for the ride,

But this is where the shiny road and I must part and divide.

[chorus]

So goodbye to the shining painted road,

I'm trading all this glitter for a simpler load.

You can keep the stage lights, keep the paper crown,

I'm going back to something real, going back down.

Model notes (creation log)

## Metadata
**Caption:** glam rock, piano anthem, orchestral, nostalgic, 1973, 76 bpm, male vocal
**BPM:** 150
**Duration:** 180.0s
**Key:** G major
**Time Signature:** 4

## Lyrics
[verse]
They dressed the stage in golden light and told me I would shine,
Painted every promise pretty, called the future mine.
But the glitter never warmed me like the fields back home,
So I'm packing up this borrowed crown and heading out alone.

[chorus]
So goodbye to the shining painted road,
I'm trading all this glitter for a simpler load.
You can keep the stage lights, keep the paper crown,
I'm going back to something real, going back down.

[verse]
The city towers told me that I'd never miss the dirt,
Said the quiet farmland wasn't worth the hurt.
But I remember open sky and honest working hands,
More than all the flashing signs of these borrowed lands.

[chorus]
So goodbye to the shining painted road,
I'm trading all this glitter for a simpler load.
You can keep the stage lights, keep the paper crown,
I'm going back to something real, going back down.

[bridge]
Maybe I was foolish thinking fame would set me free,
Turns out all I wanted was a life that felt like me.
So thank you for the lesson, thank you for the ride,
But this is where the shiny road and I must part and divide.

[chorus]
So goodbye to the shining painted road,
I'm trading all this glitter for a simpler load.
You can keep the stage lights, keep the paper crown,
I'm going back to something real, going back down.