[Verse 1]
My eyes are stuck on sleepless dreams
This world is never what it seems
We've sold it short, it's what were taught
Lost it in the living

[Pre-Chorus]
Allegiance is the strangest thing
It's grown too fast, grown some wings
It's flown away
Flown away

[Chorus]
The back door to heaven is open wide to me
So when I'm wrapped up tight in a hell of the night
Can I still decide to be
Where the, the mad road goes
'Neath the shapeless glow?
Or will we swap ourselves like children
For the value of our innocence?
A gentleman's a golden card and a red, red rose

[Verse 2]
Transformed by some strange alchemy
You stand apart and point to me
Then point to something I can't see
It's a lousy rainbow anyway
[Pre-Chorus]
Allegiance is the strangest thing
It's grown too fast, grown some wings
It's flown away
Flown away

[Chorus]
The back door to heaven is open wide to me
So when I'm wrapped up tight in a hell of the night
Can I still decide to be
Where the, the mad road goes
'Neath the shapeless glow?
Will we swap ourselves like children
For the value of our innocence?
A gentleman's a golden card and a red, red rose

[Verse 3]
Your cheating heart will choose a way
To borrow, burn and throw away
Tomorrow same as yesterday
It's a lousy rainbow anyway

[Chorus]
The back door to heaven is open wide to me
So when I'm wrapped up tight in a hell of the night
Can I still decide to be
Where the, the mad road goes
'Neath the shapeless glow?
Or will we swap ourselves like children
For the value of our innocence?
A gentleman's a golden card and a red, red rose