What about Cinderella and her glass shoe?
She lived happily ever after, yeah, but none of it is true
What about King Midas, when everything turned to gold
It's all right when we are children but not when we are old

Sweet dreams. Sweet dreams. Sweet dreams
Fading before the dawn

Well just look at a photo of a man and a woman in a perfect world
They got perfect teeth and lovely tans
Such a beautiful boy and girl
But they don't know each other, they only met today
When the photographer took the picture
And said the check is on its way

Sweet dreams. Sweet dreams. Sweet dreams
Fading before the dawn

Somebody creates an image and waits for us to buy
They got our life planned out
From the time we get our personal number
'Til the day we die
Living in a fairy tale just doesn't make sense
Grass ain't never greener baby, growing beyond the fence

Sweet dreams. Sweet dreams. Sweet dreams
Fading before the dawn