People's Parties

All the people at this party, they've got a lot of style

They've got stamps of many countries, they've got passport smiles

Some are friendly, some are cutting

Some are watching it from the wings

Some are standing in the centre, giving to get something

Photo Beauty gets attention, then her eye paint's running down

She's got a rose in her teeth and a lampshade crown

One minute, she's so happy, then she's crying on someone's knee

Saying laughing and crying, you know it's the same release

I told you when I met you I was crazy

Cry for us all, Beauty

Cry for Eddie in the corner, thinking he's nobody

And Jack behind his joker and stone-cold Grace behind her fan, and

Me in my frightened silence, thinking I don't understand

I feel like I'm sleeping

Can you wake me?

You seem to have a broader sensibility

I'm just living on nerves and feelings

With a weak and a lazy mind

And coming to people's parties

Fumbling deaf, dumb, and blind

I wish I had more sense of humor

Keeping the sadness at bay

Throwing the lightness on these things

Laughing it all away

Laughing it all away

Laughing it all away

Laughing it all away