[Verse 1] It's once upon a time I rode with a friend of mine Side by side on the conquerors’ route We were set in our designs We were wasted on white wine And our fine satin jackets hung loose We triumphed, and we lost But we knew, at any cost There was treasure we’d claw our way to And we’d know it by the gleam We had seen inside some dream That was beamеd through our boyhood bedrooms When we wеre nothing special [Verse 2] In time I’ll see my queen Gray-eyed, emblazoned jeans And a raven riding boot I call her from the moon With my thousand-dollar tune But, in airlessness, my words diffuse My friend, he failed and fought In a pattern he was caught And his family, they could not break through And his lover stood aside– From the other room, she cried She was shivering inside her swimsuit Was she nothing special? [Verse 3] You’re only of your time And I’m certainly of mine You and I, we stand accused I can see some coming day Just a year or two away When we’ll wake to some wonderful news You’re opening your eyes And the same old friendly lies Can’t disguise the terrible truth Hard waves are going to break You’ll be covering your face But amazingly, you’ll make it through 'Cause you’re nothing special [Verse 4] I’m stranded on the shore And you’re gone forevermore And embraced at the baseline, so deep You were lost, or I was cowed But it doesn’t matter now We’ll discuss it some time I’m asleep Sit by my side, so close And I’ll tell you all I know I don’t mind if you’d like to repeat It’s time to say it’s done I’m not getting what I want When I’ve lost it, I’m finally free To be nothing special Oh, it's nothing [Verse 5] We stagger through the hills And I’m stripping off my silks And my silver rings I have sold My friend’s along with me And we make it to the sea We’ve agreed to give back all our gold