Say Goodbye to Wonderman

This Child, he was so special.
Everyone could see.
So handsome, so talented, a jack-of-all-trades.
He lived not too far from me.

This child, he had potential.
There was nothing he couldn’t do.
All he touched looked just like gold.
A trick known to very few.

He thought that life would be different for him.
He shouldn’t have to work like the rest.
But, great deeds come at a very great price.
The work is really the test.
He reached a point where he had no life.
He worked all day into night.
No, it’s not fair, but nothing is.
To reach the top, you know you must fight.

Wonderman was a bodybuilder.
Steroids, those were his drugs.
He said he could fly over mountain tops,
If he could get up off the livingroom rug.
Wonderman was a man just like me.
He wanted to do it all.
But if you don’t know how to plié,
Giant leaps lead to great falls.

Say Goodbye to Wonderman.
There’s no quick path to the stars.
Brilliance is reached one step at a time.
Your work’s what will take you far.

Say Goodbye to Wonderman.
Come down to earth with your friends.
There’s no easy way out,
There’s no quick roundabout
That you won’t pay for in the end.