Once there was a man
who had a little too much time on his hands

he never stopped to think that he was getting older.
When his night came to an end
He tried to grasp for his last friend and pretend

That he could wish himself health on a four-leaf clover

He said is this the return to Oz?

The grass is dead, the gold is brown and the sky has claws
There's a wind-up man walking round and round
What once was Emerald City is now a crystal town


Its three o' clock in the morning
You get a phone call from the queen with a hundred heads

She says that they're all dead
She tried the last one on
It couldn't speak, fell off

And now she just wanders the halls
Thinking nothing, thinking nothing at all


She says is this the return to Oz?
The grass is dead, the gold is brown and the sky has claws
There's a wind-up man walking round and round

What once was Emerald City is now a crystal town

The wheelies are cutting pavement

and the Skeksis at the rave meant
to hide deep inside
their sunken faces

and their wild, rolling eyes
But their callous words reveal
That they can no longer feel

Love or sex appeal
The patchwork girl has come to cinch the deal


To return to Oz we've fled the world
With smiles and clenching jaws
Please help me friend from coming down

I've lost my place and now it can't be found
Is this the return to Oz?
The grass is dead, the gold is brown and the sky has claws

There's a wind-up man walking round and round
What once was Emerald City is now a crystal town