sometimes it seems unimaginable that you were ever any other way with your white rose face and your orphan clothes embroidered jeans and silver chains you re a well known face in all the hang out places where the lost souls congregate you sit all night but you talk too fast i don t know what you re trying to say oh carol i think it s time for running for cover believe me you re everyone s and nobody s lover you ve got a one way ticket for all your yesterdays i know your daddy said he d talk to you but he never really found the time and your tv mother with her cocktail eyes could never really reach your mind so you fixed your star to a passing dream and took a cocaine holiday now the years flow round you in a muddy stream you need another place to stay reach down silvery ship from the stars i know you re there i know you ll understand me you can take me anywhere i know you must be there  while sometimes it seems impossible that the game could get that rough but the stage is set the exit s barred and the make up won t come off so you make your bow to the balcony you light another cigarette and the lights grow dim as the music starts and it s easy to forget 