When I was a boy I used to ask the sky for things I lay in bed reciting lines to the ceiling I made requests as though the clouds were somehow listening I read a book because somebody said it'd save me Now I'm old and I believe only the things I see The awful news and whatever is on the TV The sad truth that the world is descending If miracles exist then god is holding out on me. There is nothing waiting There is nothing waiting There is nothing waiting behind the clouds Just a man pulling strings We live in a sad world I'm not a sad man I'm thankful for the ones I love My family and friends. We live in a sad world I'm not a sad man I'm thankful for the ones I love My family and friends. We live in a sad world I'm not a sad man I'm thankful for the ones I love My family and friends.