Tinsel town

i can't see the reason for ever sleeping at all 
when i can go bouncing off the wall 'cause i know 
you're gonna have to catch me when i fall 
can't tell black from white it should be easier by now but 
the suns behind a cloud oh what can i do 
for all of these hours that you're not around 

just like in the movies i'll meet you in the wrong place every time 
till your smile points down 
from digging up diamonds in tinsel town 

i just can't work the machine all i get is daylight in my head 
from all of this waking up the dead now every shadow has a name 
all the faces look the same in the company now 
you do the rhumba with the dumbwaiter and tell me how were we to know 
that the sun had sunk so low as the light begins to fade 
all the shadows that we made they go creeping away 

just like in the movies i'll meet you in the wrong place every time 
till your smile points down 
from digging up diamonds in tinsel town 

i can't wait to get rich i'll keep a sunbeam in my roof 
i'll buy a wife who's bulletproof just a penny for a shine all the reisling in the rhine
why won't you give me just a little time 
can't tell the snakes from the ladders i just go cleaning up the mess 
when you wear that violent dress every time it's the same 
all the sailors call your name in the boulevard 

just like in the movies i'll meet you in the wrong place every time 
till your smile points down 
from digging up diamonds in tinsel town