The friends I've lost
and who don't get around any more
wear old skies
and live on the fringes

They paid for their dreams
and always in cash
and now we're paying for them
to make sure they're never seen

The free and the fair
live somewhere in prison
inside the walls which each has built 
to live out his great moments
The free and the fair 
live somewhere in prison

I never had the luck
to live a magic life
I spent years in the shadows
with a couple of bitter crumbs

I wandered thirstily and dark came early,
and what you will say to me
is like drops of rain

The free and the fair
live somewhere in prison
inside the walls which each has built 
to live out his great moments
The free and the fair 
live somewhere in prison