She makes a case for lavishness With her dinner bills And her temper fits She has a foreign car with a map on deck So she never gets lost On a single trek And she hits the beach at least twice a week She likes married men And prescription treats On a tuesday, her father called Said he hadn't heard From her once that fall And he had a fear she was pulling away Since her mother passed Wasn't quite the same And now he felt the chill through the telephone cord He was scared to death That he'd lose one more Sound the alarm, get terrified Much worse than quakes or forest fires Last chance to make it all unwind Get back to eastern standard time Eastern standard time Up to date with the fashion mags She is well equipped With the chicest bags But she hasn't made any girlfriends yet Their all jealous of her And the men she gets But when whe's alone in her king sized bed She crawls in a ball And her eyes get wet Sound the alarm, get terrified Much worse than quakes or forest fires One wish to make it all unwind Get back to eastern standard time Eastern standard time Trade beauty queens for evergreens Trade sun & smog for snow & sleet Trade pretty nails for stability Trade what you want for what you need You need lullabies, your father's eyes You need friends who know your middle name You need more of love and less of pain You need change Sound the alarm, get terrified Much worse than quakes or forest fires One wish to make it all unwind Get back to eastern standard time Eastern standard time