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 know what you're trying to say

Oh Carol, I think it's time for running for cover

Believe me, you're everyone's and nobody's lover
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 @@#!tail 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 running for cover
Believe me, you're everyone's and nobody's lover

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

While sometimes it seems impossible

That the game could get that rough
But the stage is set, the exit's barred
And the make-up 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 running for cover
Believe me, you're everyone's and nobody's lover
You've 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