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!