Roll On

You used to be at the top of your game
You'd give the beggars an occasional crumb
Your dance card was always full, least that's what I heard
You played your best hands at the baccarat table
And the hangers on hung off your every word
Didn't they?
On every word you'd say
And you never had to beg for a better deal

Man! what an ultimate plan
Christ! You had them eating out of your hands
I never really understood
You'd just roll on forever
No one else ever could

You were schooled in Vienna and in France
Hiding your loneliness like nobody could
Living the good life with the very best crowd
Getting juiced to the eyeballs on Verve Clique
And you thought you'd never compromise
With your wish list of demands and alibis
It's the state of the union with you
All in a bundle now who is confused?

Man! what an ultimate plan
Christ! You had them eating out of your hands
I never really understood
You'd just roll on forever
No one else ever could

Now you hide all your smiles behind frowns
In make up and mascara and Yve St. Laurent gowns
Covered in baubles and rings
Exchanging the niceties among other things
Now it's a matter of choices
You've become what you always despised
Another lost cause and lost in disillusion
Where everyone hides when afraid of the truth

Man! what an ultimate plan
Christ! You had them eating out of your hands
I never really understood
You'd just roll on forever
No one else ever could