When you were young you fabulous mess Wearing your make-up, shaving your chest No reservations You dreamt of the opera, mastered your poise Sang to your mirror, it loved your voice Your aspirations Where have they gone tonight? Playing the ghost when I thought you'd arrived What ever came of moving away? To sleep with the writer and star in the play Your reservations A decade of service, what did it bring? You don't touch your wife, no you don't even sing At celebrations How do you fall asleep? Your bed bears a harvest you'd rather not reap. Do you still love Frederic Chopin? Do you still dream about being a woman? Do you still dance when no one's around? Do you still talk about metheus bound? What did they take away from you? What did they take away from you? Remember when you spoke all aloof like a thespian You often wore baroque, and your friends were kind of lesbian You keep it locked away in a jar in the basement So put on those heels and cape, sing a song for the nations! Ah... When you were young you fabulous mess Wearing your make-up, shaving your chest You dreamt of the opera, mastered your poise Sang to your mirror, it loved your voice What ever came of moving away? To sleep with the writer and star in the play A decade of service, what did it bring? You don't touch your wife, no you don't even sing At celebrations