Turn of the golden key
   Company machine
   Sell his identity
   Spin their golden dream
   Sell him out as the boy next door
   Take him under their wing
   Gilded cage, but he has it made
   Golden bird he sings
  
   Sold out commodity
   Everything they need
   Image is fancy free
   How they'd like to be
   So they follow his every move
   Hang on in to his style
   Made the grade and he has it made
   Loved it for a while
  
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   Another turn of the golden key
   The biggest star in the sky
   See him fly, he's flown away
   Another turn of the key
   The music won't die
   He still sings
   But a new melody
   He's singing for free
  
   Took on another name
   For publicity
   Didn't plan all this fame
   Call the company
   I'm not sure this is fair exchange
   More to lose than I knew
   I am lost and they own me now
   Golden bird he flew
  
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