Carol

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 now what you're trying to say

Oh, Carol

I think it's time for runnin' for cover

Uh-huh

Believe me

You're everyone's and nobody's lover

Uh-huh

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

Oh, Carol

I think it's time for runnin' for cover

Uh-huh

Believe me

You're everyone's and nobody's lover

Uh-huh

You've got a one-way ticket for all your yesterdays

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

Well, sometimes it seems impossible

That the game could get that rough

But the stage is set, the exit's barred

And the makeup 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

Oh, Carol

I think it's time for runnin' for cover

Uh-huh

Believe me

You're everyone's and nobody's lover

Uh-huh

You got a one-way ticket to all your yesterdays

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