Susie leaned across the table in her coat And said when she was young There was fear and loathing driving all the things she did Learning Latin in a high school in a foreign land Hating the school teachers most of all Guess no one told them that you shouldn't ever lie to kids A girl has to have some breaks When she was 18 Susie saw the Patti Smith Group on T.V. And she told me that it changed what she wanted to be Guess that's why we kept on coming back to each other Over all these years now And if you don't know what's so good about candy Don't ask Susie or me All these smart teenagers Say "You just believe your own publicity" But you have to live somewhere don't you see? Now I'm falling prey to delusions Stupid and young with all these confusions People ask me the strangest questions Such a faith in such an illusion Meanwhile goodbye to all your friends So sorry, but goodbye to all your friends So why despise these simple virtues? Moneyed eyes on simple virtues But you can ride your own downtown train You can play those records again and again And they can't take that away from you Susie They can't take that away from you No they can't take that away from you Susie They can't take that away from you And everybody says that its all over now You're just like Morris dancers anyhow Oh but I do care What I could I do but care Ah and I do care What I could I do but care