Parting the waves of those
Heavy to extend
Into a perfume so rarefied
Look at me now, she's starting to yawn
She's starting to yawn
Ah, but it was so much easier
Few feint friends
She looks like she was born to it
The entrance hall was arranged
One of us is still getting paid too much
Not quite aside, they snide, she's number four
She looks like she was born to it
There's number three just by the door
Look at her now
Who turned out to be the younger wives
You were a spoilt child then with a record to plug
But it was so much easier
You gave me this tattoo back in '82”
The memory of his last retort
She was selling speedboats in a trade show when he met her
Two newspaper editors like playground sneaks
See that girl, watch that scene
When I was cruel
Lie there where they fall
Imploring another melody
Flunkey's and castrato walkers
Early in the morning in your evening gown
There'll be no sorrows left to drown
The captains of industry just
She reaches out her arms to me
There are some things I [incomprehensible] report
With hostesses and ushers
A satin sash and velvet elevation
Digging the dancing queen
The ghostly first wife glides up
And I was a shaven headed, seaside thug
On stage, whispering to raucous talkers
While hers recalls a honey house
When I was cruel
Here comes the bride
Fingers once offered are now too
Those in the know, don't even flatter her, they go one better
Nursing schoolgirl crushes
Spilling family secrets out to
Running a book on which of them is going to last the week
But it was so much easier
One of them calls to me and he says, “I know you
Things haven't really changed that much
But it was so much easier
In eau-de-nil and pale carnation creation
She straightens the tipsy head-dress of her spouse
When I was cruel, oh
So she can dance her husband out on the floor
