Champagne - Live, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, 1992

[00:00.00] A winter morning sun in New York
[00:27.65] Champagne wakes and checks the time
[00:32.51] It's hard to keep a cup of coffee down
[00:38.18] When there's so much on your mind
[00:43.21] Kicks a cockroach 'cross the bedroom floor
[00:48.46] Checks the mirror, grabs some clothes
[00:53.68] Waits for the aching to subside
[00:58.99] Where to hide it no one knows
[01:03.17] And they say you're doing fine
[01:05.40] They're just playing with your mind
[01:07.83] And they never even know your name
[01:12.81] But they all want you to shine
[01:15.52] To glitter all the time
[01:17.79] They all want a little taste of Champagne
[01:25.70] Takes the subway, early afternoon
[01:39.65] Downtown to 8th Avenue
[01:45.65] To the Show Palace Theatre
[01:49.95] Where Champagne bares all in a low-rent nude revue
[01:56.35] In the darkness, shadow people
[02:01.28] Stare at Champagne, glassy-eyed
[02:06.22] He takes the tips and imitates a smile
[02:11.12] Waits for the aching to subside
[02:15.63] And they say you're doing fine
[02:17.88] They're just playing with your mind
[02:20.33] And they never even know your name
[02:25.30] But they all want you to shine
[02:28.02] To glitter all the time
[02:30.23] They all want a little taste of Champagne
[02:35.69]
[02:46.08] Later in a room, on a little glass pipe
[02:50.97] Sweet dreams to help him forget his life
[02:56.55] He leans on the wall and he rolls back his eyes
[03:02.09] Says to all the aching, "Goodbye"
[03:07.43] And they say you're doing fine
[03:19.87] They're just playing with your mind
[03:22.26] And they never even know your name
[03:27.25] But they all want you to shine
[03:30.03] To glitter all the time
[03:32.25] They all want a little taste of Champagne
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