Paper Doll

Picture you, picture me as a paper doll

Yo, imagine yourself as a link on a chain
A chain that's wrapped around someone's mind
If you break off, then things start to change
Then you realize that there's no time

No direction as you fly through the wind
You stop to ponder on a pink chateau
The theme from Mahogany still transcends
The quote unquote, "That's the way it goes"
I'm looking at the picture again
I'm looking at the picture again
I spin the sundial to expectation
Twenty years ago, I saw you yesterday

You're looking at the picture now
I see you looking at the picture now
And for the slightest moment
I watched you think about what it's like as a paper doll

One of these days, I think you will
Find yourself as a paper doll, yeah
One of these days, I think you will find yourself as a paper doll, oh
Paper doll

Imagine yourself as a cloud in the sky
Pass me by and I blow you a kiss
A thinking cloud, so you're wondering why
Only to find out it doesn't exist
Life surrounds what's presumed as wise
It wouldn't be wise until the fist uncurls
No one I don't know if he stares in my eyes
Because of the quote unquote, "real world"
I'm thinking about yesterday
I'm actually thinking about yesterday

A thousand words say it doesn't make sense
A thousand ideas tell me otherwise

You're thinking about yesterday
Now you're thinking about yesterday
And for the slightest moment

I watched you think about what it would be like as a paper doll

One of these days, I think you will
Find yourself as a paper doll, yeah
One of these days, I think you will find yourself as a paper doll, oh
Paper doll

Regardless of how you think
Regardless of how you feel
See yourself as more than a human being
It's recognizable spiritually and mentally
Hold my hand forever, paper doll

One of these days, I think you will
Find yourself as a paper doll, yeah
One of these days, I think you will find yourself as a paper doll, oh
One of these days, I think you will find
Yourself as a paper doll, yeah babe
One of these days, I think you will find yourself as a paper doll