Living only in my mind
Living only for somebody else who seems to be
Living vicariously, through me, relentlessly

Up, up and against the wall
One by one the curtain falls
Nowhere do I see me
Nowhere do I see me
Oh please

Don’t undress me with those evil eyes
Though I know you don’t care
All you crooks and beggars don’t you cry
You’re no better than the rest
When you say it keeps you up at night
Though I know you don’t care
All you crooks and beggars don’t you cry
You’re no better than the rest

Come and tell your stories then
All the ones where you pretend
To be, so hopelessly, in love with a world of infamy
Oh please

Now, now, when I see you round
After all those ups and downs
You’ll burn out heroically
Finally all of those who care will see
They will see

Don’t undress me with those evil eyes
Though I know you don’t care
All you crooks and beggars don’t you cry
You’re no better than the rest
When you say it keeps you up at night
Though I know you don’t care
All you crooks and beggars don’t you cry
You’re no better than the rest