On an ordinary plain
 Ran to New York
 But ran away from fame
 Only seventeen
 When all your dreams came true
 But all you wanted was someone to undress you

 [chorus 1]:
 But all the stars you kissed
 Could never ease the pain.
 Still the grace remains...
 The face is changed
 But it's still the same.

 [chorus 2]:
 And it's a long, long way (long way)
 From where you want to be
 And it's a long, long road (too long)
 But you're too blind to see

 Afraid of silence
 Of an innocence divine.
 There's a dangerous creation
 When you fail the test of time.
 (And) all the photographs of ghosts along the road...
 Still they hurt you so,
 Won't let you go,
 And you still don't know...

 

 And when you look around, there's something else
 Do you recognize them?
 Wondered what it felt like?
 Terrified by what's unseen?  (** hard to hear this, too **)

 [chorus 1, revised]:
 But all the stars you kissed
 Could never ease the pain...
 (And) if the face is changed,
 The grace remains...
 But it's still the same.

 

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