Never knew why he would fall victim to five-dollar highs   Bending his stories, inventing new lies - telling of cancers   One way to avoid questions and answers          Chorus   And Karl, he's lucky   He's learned how to fly   By keeping his knees on the ground   The most likely one to achieve   Such a high   And Karl is missing tonight         What can I say to his poor father    He calls every day - looking for clues   There's no "Gingerbread Man" for him to follow   The candy man's come and taken his son          And Karl, he's lucky   He's learned how to fly   By keeping his knees on the ground   His face in the dirt   And his friends by his side   And Karl is missing tonight         Maybe I'm the one that's wrong - I misunderstood   You just wanna die young to come back And feel good    But is it worth the exchange? Does it keep you from harm?   The last time I saw you ~ you clutched my arm and you wept   Like a child         And Karl, he's lucky   He's learned how to fly   By keeping his knees on the ground   He's learned how to leave without saying goodbye   And Karl is missing tonight   And Karl is out of my life. Out of my life.