Oh she, wants to be an actor like a Geordie Marilyn Monroe. She listens to his band, she goes to every show. They know her well, she’s like a friend they ask her maybe. They could be the one, to be their man, to be their lady.
She’s standing by the pay phone. A single figure by the cobblestones. Pulls out a lighter and a cigarette. He’s a puppeteer, she’s a marionette. Well that’s the way that it goes.
On weekends she reads poetry, the Beano and or Ulysses. She rents a flat she takes out loans to buy her hopes and dreams. On weekends she goes out to dance until the next day. Lives her life the way she wants, oh God knows what’s the right way.
She’s standing by the pay phone. A single figure on the cobblestones. Pulls out a lighter and a cigarette. He’s a puppeteer, she’s a marionette.
Oh well, it’s certainly a shame but you were certainly not afraid to say. You’ll bow and they will throw bouquets, the queen of dance and cabarets and all.
Oh well, it certainly was a crying shame, but you certainly weren't afraid to say it. They’ll dance and you will throw bouquets, you’ve got the hand now play it.
It certainly was a shame, but you were certainly weren't afraid to say it. They’ll dance and you will throw bouquets, you’ve got the hand now play it.
Oh she, wants to be an actor like a Geordie Marilyn Monroe. She listens to his band, she goes to every show. They know her well, she’s like a friend they ask her maybe. They could be the one, to be their man, to be their lady.
And oh she’s standing by the pay phone. A single figure by the cobblestones. Pulls out a lighter and a cigarette. He’s a puppeteer, she’s a marionette.
Well that’s the way that it goes.
