She was a rainbow once
So colorful but that was once
Now that's impossible to see, to see

With a voice subliminal,
It's the only sign she's beautiful
Here's all that's left of her dignity

She goes yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah yeah


There's a girl in New York City
Skyline's no longer pretty
Bound for destination anywhere

She grew up in California
Big dreams, they tend to own you there
Now she's building cardboard castles in the air

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

He was a pretty boy,

Rolling cash his only joy,
Now that's impossible to see (to see)
Used to be one of them

Now the men in suits are avoiding him
He's lost his credit cards
But hey, he's free!


There's a man in New York City
Skyline's no longer pretty

Bound for destination anywhere
Had the whole world at his window
It seems so long ago from there

Now he's building Cardboard Castles in the air

Does anybody know?

Does anybody care?
Over here, Over there
Building Cardboard Castles in the air.


There's a girl in New York City
Skyline's no longer pretty

Bound for destination anywhere
She grew up in California
Big dreams, they tend to own you there

Now she's building cardboard castles in the air
Yeah, yeah, yeah


There's a girl in New York City
Skyline's no longer pretty
Bound for destination anywhere

She grew up in California
Big dreams, they tend to own you there
Now she's building cardboard castles in the air