She was a rainbow once    So colorful, but that was once    Now that's impossible to see, to see    With a voice subliminal    It's the only sign she's beautiful    Here's all that's left of the dignity    She goes...Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah    Hey yeah, yeah       There's a girl in New York City    Skyline's no longer pretty    Bound for destination anywhere    She grew up in California    Big dreams they tend to own you there    Now she's building cardboard castles in the air    Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah       He was a pretty boy    Rolling cash his only joy    Now that's impossible to see, to see    Used to be one of them    Now the men in suits are avoiding him    He's lost his credit card but hey he's free       There's a man in New York City    Skylines no longer pretty    Bound for destination anywhere    Had the whole world at his window    It seems so long ago from there    Now he's building cardboard castles in the air       Does anybody know    Does anybody care    Over here, over there    Building cardboard castles in the air       There's a girl in New York City    Skylines no longer pretty    Bound for destination anywhere    She grew up in California    Big dreams, they tend to own you there    Now she's building cardboard castles in the air    Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah       There's a girl in New York City    Skylines no longer pretty    Bound for destination anywhere    She grew up in California    Big dreams, they tend to own you there    Now she's building cardboard castles in the air    Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (fade out)