With a heart-attack on your plane

You were looking back on your days

How you spent them all in a blur

When they asked if you were for sure



Let the sugar melt down your throat

Cos you know it's sweet getting old

With a lollipop and a rose

Let the hospital be your home



Cos your knees are scratched and your eyes are black

Put a plaster there and I'll sign your cast



In the liner notes at the end

Some familiar names in tiny print

On the cover page of the year

Grainy photographs, greasy hair



But it's noon o'clock and you're still asleep

And your coffee's cold, your coffee's icy



Cos your knees are scratched and your eyes are black

Put a plaster there and I'll sign your cast



Classic Hollywood as a kid

With the volume up all the way

Now you do the same and you're right

Things are better in black and white



But there's another girl in another day

And your fate will feel and taste the same



Cos your knees are scratched and your eyes are black

Put a plaster there and I'll sign your cast

We're the best and the brightest, turn the television on

Have your seatbelts strapped and your helmets on