Del Amitri - Paper Thin lyrics

He was a self made man Made a k**ing on copper mine Loved beautiful girls Got a taste for fancy wine And the suits he wore Were paper thin He built a big white house In the valley of the kings Took a beautiful wife Bought her every possible thing And the silk she wore Was paper thin Well they traveled in style Paid cash for everything Had a beautiful child Had a champagne christening But as they raised their gla**es in toast to him He saw the crystal was paper thin So shadows came Whispering words to him Sold the company out And cashed all those futures in But it all still looked so Paper thin