Lyrics Ballad of a Has Been Beauty Queen - Brinsley Schwarz

She breaks down each time the sorry sun comes up
Cheapy eye-shadow, chipped and broken coffee cup
And from the cracked adobe walls of of her office cage
The sound of the parade leaks in

She's known what it is to be wealthy
That means mink and crowned heads in cars and fruit in jars
And diamond rings and things, yeah that's money
And she's learned to despise what it ever was to
Be healthy, wealthy and know wise that ain't funny
And it really doesn't matter what the singer's done wrong
The only thing that never changes is the song

Sunday morning wakes to find her in bed
Some snake guys head laying on her pillow snoring
Well, she thinks he told her she was very pretty
And that he was something in the city, but she can't remember that
She looks up, she looks down, she looks up, she looks down
And tries to think pretty fast, deciding at last
He was only some cat who came to read the gas

She tells him he'll have to go and puts him outside the door
So begins a new day of routine
For a has-been beauty queen
Sad scene...