Your mind is set   No attempt to change a trend gaining momentum   None the less I must confess that I've seen   All the fruits of labor that you can receive   But it's rotten when you get there   Do believe gone to seed   How can you act like a friend to those you steal from   You hug and embrace them with open arms   I learnt to never trust a person like that   Or it's an arm around your shoulder and a knife in your back      The streets are paved with gold   But its only fools gold that you'll get   So strong yet you can't fight temptation   The easy way out is your only solution   The streets are paved with gold   But its only fools gold that you'll get   So strong yet you can't fight temptation   The easy way out is your only solution      You'll never know what its like to have some sense of pride in yourself   You'll never know what its like to have some piece of mind   When you know that you don't do wrong   Every time I look into your eyes    Let me say that it won't be long   Till I walk into your line of fire   Let me say I'll stand strong   I'm not afraid to let your secret out   Yet people talk and shout out   You won't believe but when it's your bridges have burnt    And the ash washed away   You'll feel the blow with every word that I say      The streets are paved with gold   But its only fools gold that you'll get   So strong yet you can't fight temptation   The easy way out is your only solution   The streets are paved with gold   But its only fools gold that you'll get   So strong yet you can't fight temptation   The easy way out is your only solution      Well seasons change but patterns stay the same   A routine never broken it's the crime of staying sane   One day you'll want to run   One day you'll want to hide   One day your going to look back at the things you left behind   I said that I don't know what you could be thinking   Sailing on a ship that's slowly sinking   You aint the same person when you're drinking   Taking all you can your never content with what you're given    Yes I know because I've seen it in the mirror   And I know it won't be long before you fall   Lack of control   Lack of a feeling you belong   You're on your own   If that's your choice then carry on   Because there's nothing I can say or do to stop you   Rule of the streets says that you do what you got to   But others around with watch the rise in your revenue   And sooner or later they're going to take it from you      The streets are paved with gold   But its only fools gold that you'll get   So strong yet you can't fight temptation   The easy way out is your only solution   The streets are paved with gold   But its only fools gold that you'll get   So strong yet you can't fight temptation   The easy way out is your only solution