Ellie wrapped her nineteen
years in a cord from forty -one
She crossed the dry midwest,
from her childhood schemes and sheltered dreams, she broke the tide
The commercial man made blunt demands,
as they traveled south by east
Hell, he turned into a woman overnight
You set her down in the heart of town,
the millionaire's retreat
She gazed up at the tall glass
If the deck's been marked before the
deal you learned to compromise
Now you get to know the cruel
You learn to live off the losers
Oh, they make the mistakes twice
You're living in high society,
Just to survive, da -da -ma -ma
Just to survive, da -da -ma -ma
With simple looks and bay -blue eyes
All the sanitors and doctors
With her fifteen girls, she built a world,
God would call the wages of sin
If the debt's been marked before the deed,
Or you get to mow the cool
You learn to live on loses
Or they make the mistakes twice
You're living in high society
Just to survive, da -da -ma -ma -oo
Just to find out that I'm on my own
Gazes out as the sun lifts from the sea
Ellie had sacrificed a lot
The file level seven figure sum
If the deck's been marked before the deal,
Or you get to know the cool
You'll learn to love all losers
For they make the mistakes twice
You're living in high society
Just to survive, ta -ta -ma -ma
Just to survive, ta -ta -ma -ma
Just to survive, da -da -ma -ma
Just to survive, da -da -ma -ma
