I had an atom smasher/I was using it to mow my lawnnI was a party crasher/I used to stay ’til the rest of the guests were gonenI was an empire builder/with properties that hid the skynI had a charcoal filter/but now there’s nothing left for me to purifynnbecause you/took my worldnand placed it somewhere I was not allowednyeah you/stole my whole worldnnow I don’t know how to knock you off your cloudnnbut the space you fill/is blank as hellnand if you go/it’s just as wellnbut won’t you throw a rope to one who fell?none who fellnnI had a stately manor/and a 9.7% yieldnI was an urban planner/from Toluca Lake out to BakersfieldnI was a power broker/in my private ParthenonnI had an all-day sucker/but you took three licks and it was gonennsince you/stole the worldnand put it where the air’s too thin to breathenyeah you/stole my whole worldnand left me down here where the serpents seethennbut the space you fill/is blank as hellnand if you go/it’s just as wellnbut won’t you throw a rope to one who fell?none who fell