You've been hanging with the new high risers
Check out your graceful routine
They got you feeling indispensible
Like they need you to run this machine
Don't take a mo and step to the side
Watch for the ones coming up from behind
Probably one of your kind
There were days when I was dressing in diamonds
I did my thing on demand
I kept the company of the Queen in the courtyard
Don't think I don't understand
[Chorus]
You wanna live, you wanna fly
You wanna run where the sun meets the sky
I'd never ask you to try
To retire
Seems like the more that you know
The less that you're willing to go
To retire
Now your sitting with your case full of totems
You shine 'em up now and then
When every building has a wing in your honor
You're still remembering when
[Chorus]
It seems like the more that you know
The less that you're willing to go
To retire
To retire