The Girl in the Other Room

Rusted brandy in a diamond glass Everything is made from dreams Time is made from honey slow and sweet Only the fools know what it means Temptation, temptation, temptation I can't resist Well I know that she is made of smoke But I've lost my way He k

I'm pulling through and it's because of you. When I was stranded came your helping hand. Lonely, hurt I had not known which way to turn. 'Til you said, "try smiles, not tears. Just laugh and learn." I'm pulling through and it's because of you. Y

An invitation came my way Knowing it's dangerous to follow That girl in her Sunday suit Would have forbidden it But since those days I've changed my address I sit alone and drink it in Practicing blowing up smoke rings I learned of the sadness The be

Stop this world, let me off There's just too many pigs in the same trough There's too many buzzards sitting on the fence Stop this world, it's not making sense Stop this show, hold the phone Better days this girl has known Better days so long ago Hol

Narrow daylight entered my room Shining hours were brief Winter is over Summer is near Are we stronger than we believe? I walked through halls of reputation Among the infamous too As the camera clings to the common thread Beyond all vanity Into a gaz

There's a crow flying Dark and ragged Tree to tree He's black as the highway that's leading me Now he's diving down To pick up on something shiny I feel like that black crow Flying In a blue sky I took a ferry to the highway Then I drove to a pontoon

The girl in the other room She knows by now There's something in all of her fears Now she wears it threadbare She sits on the floor The glass pressed tight to the wall She hears murmurs low The paper is peeling Her eyes staring straight at the ceilin

The glitter on a paint and plaster face Is covering desire and disgrace We could be lovers But no one suspects at all Once you're inside that costume ball And now I'm sitting here before the mirror I have the skill still to disguise my tears Then as