High Flying, Adored

High flying, adored

So young, the instant queen

A rich, beautiful thing

Of all the talents

Across between

A fantasy of the bedroom

And a saint

You were just a backstreet girl

Hustling and fighting

Scratching and biting

High flying, adored

Did you believe

In your wildest moments

All this would be yours

That you'd become

The lady of them all?

Were there stars in your eyes

When you crawled in at night

From the bars, from the sidewalks

From the gutter-the-atrical?

Don't look down

It's a long, long way to fall

High flying, adored

What happens now?

Where do you go from here?

For someone on top of the world

The view is not exactly clear

A shame you did it all

At twentysix

There are no mysteries now

Nothing can thrill you

No one fulfill you

High flying, adored

I hope you come to terms with burden

So famous, so easily

So soon is not the wisest thing to be

You won't care if they love you

It's been done before

You'll despair if they hate you

You'll be drained of all energy

All the young who've made it

Would agree

High flying, adored

That's good to hear

But unimportant

My story's quite usual:

Local girl makes good

Weds famous man

I was slap in the right place

At the perfect time

Filled a gap - I was lucky

But one thing I say for me

No one else can fill it

Like I can