the sky is grey
the sand is grey
and the ocean is grey

and I feel right at home
in this stunning monochrome
alone in my way

I smoke and I drink
and every time I blink
I have a tiny dream

but as bad as I am
I'm proud of the fact
that I'm worse than I seem

what kind of paradise am I looking for?
i've got everything i want and still i want more
maybe some tiny shiny key
will wash up on the shore

you walk through my walls
like a ghost on tv
you penetrate me

and my little pink heart
is on its little brown raft
floating out to sea

and what can I say
but I'm wired¹ this way
and you're wired to me

and what can I do
but wallow in you
unintentionally

what kind of paradise am I looking for?
I've got everything I want and still I want more
maybe some tiny shiny key
will wash up on the shore

regretfully
I guess I've only got three
simple things to say:
why me?
why this now?
why this way?
with overtones ringing
and undertows pulling away
under a sky that is grey
on sand that is grey
by an ocean that's grey

what kind of paradise am I looking for?
I've got everything I want
and still I want more
maybe some tiny shiny key
will wash up on the shore

¹ wired |wīrd|
adjective informal
1 making use of computers and information technology to transfer or receive information, esp. by means of the Internet: the economic arguments for getting your business wired.
2 [ predic. ] in a nervous, tense, or edgy state: not much sleep lately—I'm a little wired.
• under the influence of drugs or alcohol.