Oh, in my mind's eye, a plantation   In the clearing is a platform station   In the distance is a kingdom   Into the front line is how I'm coming      They say in war all is fair   I am headed to the field   In spite of my condition      Whatever you thought   Whatever you thought   You know I told you   I couldn't stop, I couldn't stop      Through the desert, out to the sea   Weather beaten through all four seasons   And there is love in my creation   I've come back for all the right reasons      That ain't your castle   You're not a queen, that isn't yours   That you're so busy there protecting      Whatever you thought   Whatever you thought   You know I told you   I couldn't stop      Whatever you thought   Whatever you thought   You know I told you   I couldn't stop, I couldn't stop      All this beauty is sticky sweet   This naughty world is due for a good deed   Give me your poor tired huddled masses   Bring me the head of a mule and my glasses      Sing that lonesome high melody   Rumble young men   But hobble behind me      Whatever you thought   Whatever you thought   You know I told you   I couldn't stop      Whatever you thought   Whatever you thought   You know I told you   I couldn't stop, I couldn't stop   I couldn't stop, I couldn't stop