So here she's actin' happy inside her handsome home And me, I'm flyin' in my taxi, takin' tips and gettin' stoned I got into town a little early Had eight hours to kill before the show First I thought about heading up north of the bay Then I knew where I had to go I thought about taking a limousine Or at least a fancy car But I ended up taking a taxi 'Cause that's how I got this far You see, ten years ago it was the front seat Drivin' stoned and feelin' no pain Now here I am straight and sittin' in the back Hitting Sixteen Parkside Lane The driveway was the same as I remembered And a butler came and answered the door He just shook his head when I asked for her And said: She doesn't live here anymore But he offered to give me the address That they were forwarding her letters to I just took it and returned to the cabbie And said: I got one more fare for you And so we rolled back into the city Up to a five store old brownstone I rang the bell that had her name on the mailbox The buzzer said somebody's home And the look on her face as she opened the door Was like an old joke told by a friend It'd taken ten more years but she'd found her smile And I watched the corners start to bend And she said: How are you Harry? Haven't we played this scene before? I said: It's so good to see you, Sue Had to play it out just once more Play it out just once more She said: I've heard you flying high on my radio I answered: It's not all it seems That's when she laughed and she said: It's better sometimes When we don't get to touch our dreams That's when I ask her where was that actress She said that was somebody else And then I ask her why she look so happy now She said: I finaly like myself. At last I like myself So we talk all through that afternoon Talking 'bout where we being We talk of the tiny difference between