Van Dyke Parks
Faded Beauty Queens

[Verse 1]
How did you do it?
"Well," she said "smoke & mirrors...
Anything for love, anything for love."
Low expectations
Breathing down my back
No grudge unworthy of holding
I know that won't be hard
I know that won't be hard

[Pre-Chorus]
You can't take the city (oh no)
Out of a city girl

[Chorus]
Well I don't know how we ended up here (woo)
Wide eyed and new money with faded beauty queens
Well I don't know how we ended up here (woo)
Right before I met ya, I had fire in my eyes

[Verse 2]
Down by the river
I found a little town
Down by the river
Where all the lovers go
Where all the lovers go..
Making teenage boys feel like a Christmas tree
Ogling eyes, ogling eyes
I know you dread the day when it's any other way
[Pre-Chorus]
You can't take the city (oh no)
Out of a city girl

[Chorus]
Well I don't know how we ended up here (woo)
Wide eyed
& new money with faded beauty queens
Well i don't know how we ended up here (woo)
Right before I met ya, I had fire in my eyes

[Instrumental Break]

[Pre-Chorus]
You can't take the city (oh no)
Out of a city girl

[Chorus]
Well I don't know how we ended up here (woo)
Wide eyed and new money with faded beauty queens
Well I don't know how we ended up here (woo)
Right before I met ya, I had fire in my eyes