Maybe she was one once

Do i see my future in her presence

I can't stop staring

A shopping cart is all she has now

And a bleeding heart never paid the bills and

Beauty fades



Down on sunset boulevard

No one stops to look at her

No one notices her figure

Men once fought to get her name

Her hair was long and colored blonde

Her lashes curled up to the sun

With black mascara



Ooh, keep your feet focussed forward on the sidewalk

On the stars

On another day



Cause beauty fades

Like the sun in march like the rain in may

Beauty fades

Like the secret truth of a summer day

Beauty fades



I like to drive into the hills of laurel canyon

I like the houses and the trees

I like the money in my bank account

And it's running out

But i'll worry about that another day

As beauty fades



Ooh, people they don't want you when you're ugly

After they've taken everything you had to offer

Away away away



Ya beauty fades

Like the sun in march like the rain in may

Beauty fades

Like the secret truth of a summer day

Beauty fades



Summertime i watch the girls go by

Dressed in their summer clothes

Maybe there's another truth awaiting them

I will never know

They wait they wait

They are waiting for someone to say

I choose you

And then carry them away carry them away

Away away away



Ya beauty fades

Like the sun in march like the rain in may

Beauty fades

Like the secret truth of a summer day

Beauty fades

Beauty fades



And pretty girls do what you can while you're still

pretty

The lines around the eyes are the to show

So hide your age

Gracefully...