Standing
on your balcony in the sky
Trying to think of one reason
you should not run
You thought you saw your in
nocence driving by
With your college educa
tion riding shotgun
Oh girl, it's a long way to heaven, man
It ain't nowhere near to Greenwich,
Connecticut
You thought you'd be married off at 27
Guess you better forget it
Oh, Lady Catherine,
the Queen to be
Talking Michelangelo over tea
Lady Catherine, the Queen to be
Is back to being just Katie
drinking beer with me
You were just gonna teach school
a year or two
Till Mr. Pinstripe was ready for a family
He skidded out,
now the ragman is callin' you
And how you gonna fend him off
on your salary?
Every world now and
then just collapses
Even when you think you
made it to the big top
I'm here to tell you those
momentary lapses
Don't ever stop
No, Lady Catherine Mc
Queen -de -Vie
Talking Michelan gelo over tea
Lady Catherine McQueen -de -Vie
Is back to being just Katie
drinking beer with me
Now that the acid rain
has rusted out your empire
Nobody's standing round
to look at all your new clothes
Ain't no rubies in your bloody crown
or barbed wire
Ain't no diamonds in the tears
drippin' off your nose
Forget the time you wasted
waitin' on a good prince
Forget the many miles you traveled
as the crow flies
It don't show where the crow left
his footprints around your eyes
Oh, Lady Catherine,
the queen to be
Talkin' Michelangelo, the team
Lady Catherine, the queen to be
It's back to being just Katie
drinking beer with me
Oh, Lady Catherine
Talking Edgar Allan Poe
over tea and Lady Catherine
It's back to being just Katie
drinking beer with me
Say, just Katie to me
Say, just Katie to me
She just can't eat me