Lady Nina

You pick out your credit cards and check into the night

A dozen tequilas and you're feeling alright

So you swim to the disco, out of your depth jaded gigolo

Your lucky charms are tarnished so you leave alone

But there's one place left to go before the taxi home

After all you've made your marks

One night you'll play Elizabeth Taylor

The next night you're Marilyn Monroe

Forever kissing frogs that think they're princes

Oh, Lady Nina, where did all the romance go?

Your little sister baby-sits, your husband picks you up at six

The makeup hides the bruises and the tears so they never show

Cause your beauty is the only thing you've ever owned

It's the only way you've ever known to make your marks

You made your marks, you made your marks

Lady Nina, I'd love to take you home with me

But I love my wife and I love my family

I've got a good job, responsibilities

And I need to keep respect from society

I know you'll never act with me

I know that you're in love with me

So how do I compare to the sailors of the ships of the night?

Was I all right? Won't you come tonight, Lady Nina?

You made your marks

Ebony flowers pinned to a velvet cushion in a red light

And Edith Piaf sings a lullaby for the night

Just making marks, just making marks

You made your marks

And you made your mark