I had an atom smasher/I was using it to mow my lawn   I was a party crasher/I used to stay ’til the rest of the guests were gone   I was an empire builder/with properties that hid the sky   I had a charcoal filter/but now there’s nothing left for me to purify      because you/took my world   and placed it somewhere I was not allowed   yeah you/stole my whole world   now I don’t know how to knock you off your cloud      but the space you fill/is blank as hell   and if you go/it’s just as well   but won’t you throw a rope to one who fell?   one who fell      I had a stately manor/and a 9.7% yield   I was an urban planner/from Toluca Lake out to Bakersfield   I was a power broker/in my private Parthenon   I had an all-day sucker/but you took three licks and it was gone      since you/stole the world   and put it where the air’s too thin to breathe   yeah you/stole my whole world   and left me down here where the serpents seethe      but the space you fill/is blank as hell   and if you go/it’s just as well   but won’t you throw a rope to one who fell?   one who fell