On Being Frank Lyrics - The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind - Ben Folds Five

I had it all 

or should I say, I saw it all 

And it'a a long way from the dust-bin of New Jersey to the top 

Who would've known 

Who would've known 

I had a dream 

but dreams had other plans for me 

For 30 years I set the thermostat where Frank Sinatra liked it 

pulled his girls and all his hats 

I never knew which ones were mine 

Now he's gone 

And I'm alone 

And I don't know where I might be goin' 

I rode the wind, the wind stopped blowin' 

Set me on the roadside thumbing home 

But home for me was always someone else you know 

that shadows always fall when the sun goes down 

I shook the hands 

of mafia dons and presidents 

And though they always smiled politely 

with a measure of decorum 

still their eyes would scan beyond me 

for a glimpse of something more 

But now he's gone 

and now they're gone 

And I don't know where I might be goin' 

I know that when the winds stop blowing 

Set me on the roadside thumbing home 

But home for me was always someone else you know 

that shadows always fall when the sun goes down 

Alone 

A shadow of a star, don't-cha know 

that shadows always fall, yeah shadows always fall 

when the sun goes down 

And I don't know where I might be goin' 

I know that when the winds stop blowing 

Set me on the roadside thumbing home 

But home for me was always someone else you know