it sickens me to see the photograph in front of me    carnation couloured pink stand aside and take a drink    night club another scene 31st its halloween    slave to each new trend up town junkies push again    the lovers and the wannabe's they don't know how    the radio's and the tv they don't know how    the newspaper story reads they don't know how    cheap girl magazine they don't know how    stand aside and cry never wonder why    ask themselves why the river has dried    laughter after three shaped up to be free    number one the most missed chart    must have broke a thousand hearts    parallel with the scene tarnished star evergreen    lived life disguised    the lovers and the wannabe's they don't know how    the radio's and the tv they don't know how    the newspaper story reads they don't know how    cheap girl magazine they don't know how    stand around and cry and never wonder why    ask themselves why the river has dried    hoo hoo hoo hoo    hoo hoo hoo hoo    hoo hoo hoo hoo