[Intro]

Along her vain parade

Along her veins

Huah!

[Verse 1]

All of seventeen, eyes a purple green

Treated like a queen, she was on borrowed self-esteem

[Verse 2]

She would do her dance, a painful masquerade

Spinning you into her web along her vain parade

[Verse 3]

In her uniform of studded brass and steel

Kissing napkin, lipstick stains, and smearing sincerity

[Chorus]

Along her vain parade

Along her veins

[Instrumental Break]

Heyyyy-ya-la-la-hey-hey

[Verse 4]

Time crept up on her, she's in early gray

Her reflection looks concerned as flowers hit her grave