Paper Girl

Tales of the unaccepted tell of mice and men Cooking up with the disconnected Over again and again and again and again Paper Girl Cut from a line in yesterday's pages Paper Boy Cut from Life Paper Girl Silver Paper Girl Stories of redemption, promises of refrain Deliver us from temptation Over again and again and again and again Paper Girl Cut from a line in yesterday's pages Paper Boy Cut from Life Paper Girl Silver Paper Girl Hold the front page, outrage, read it in the diaries and the pages of the misunderstood You're gone with the days, the dog days of summer And the column in the paper which never said much Blame it on the mother, the father, the brother Blame it on your sister, blame it on your lover You see it in the papers with the pictures and the faces of the high, high, high, high