He wakes up in bed
Has to get the papers read
Saw her on a floodlit stage
Wants to put her in a brilliant cage

In that minute (it took a year)
His life it came to this
Got himself a Broadway bride
Now the misery is his

He wakes up in bed
With the hunger of a newly-wed
Hung around her like a baby-sitter
But she rubbed his face in her kitty litter

In that minute (it took a year)
His life it came to this
Got himself a Broadway bride
Now the misery is his

He wakes up in bed
Turns to touch her sleeping head
That she's gone is history
Better that a bird be free

In that minute (it took a year)
His life it came to this
Got himself a Broadway bride
Now the misery is his