E 
 
A            G 
Sober in the morning light 
 
D 
Things look so much different 
 
            A      A    E 
To how they looked last night 
 
A                         G 
A pale face pressed to an unmade bed 
 
     D                            A 
Like flags of many nations flying high above her head 
 
 
A             E 
The cellophane still on the flowers 
 
G                         D 
The telegram still in her hand 
 
A                 G 
As whispers circulate all day 
 
      D                                A 
Their back-stage baby princess passed away 
 
 
            C#m       G#m 
And you can cage the songbird 
 
    Bm                  F#m 
But you can't make her sing 
 
           C#m       G#m 
And you can trap the free bird 
 
           Bm               F#m 
But you'll have to clip her wings 
 
              E    E      E7  E     E     E7   
`Cause she'll soar like a hawk when she flies 
 
E          D                  E          A  
But she'll dive like an eagle when she dies 
 
G     D    D  A 
Ooh!  ooh! 
 
 
A           G 
Promises of no more lies 
 
     D                   
Fell flat upon an empty stage 
 
           A        E 
Before the audience arrived 
 
A                       G 
A return in time to the cheaper seats 
 
                    D 
She never knew what lay beneath 
 
                           A 
Just a dated handbill they found between the sheets 
 
 
A                   E 
Let down before the final curtain 
 
G                             D 
A shallow heart that left her cold 
 
A                 G 
She left in rouge upon the mirror 
 
          D                    A 
A circled kiss to the faithful fans who'd miss her 
 
(Chorus) 
 
A     G     D     A 
Ooh!  ooh!  ooh!