[Intro]
Along her vain parade
Along her veins
Huah!

[Verse 1]
All of seventeen, eyes a purple green
Treated like a queen, she was on borrowed self-esteem

[Verse 2]
She would do her dance, a painful masquerade
Spinning you into her web along her vain parade

[Verse 3]
In her uniform of studded brass and steel
Kissing napkin, lipstick stains, and smearing sincerity

[Chorus]
Along her vain parade
Along her veins

[Instrumental Break]
Heyyyy-ya-la-la-hey-hey

[Verse 4]
Time crept up on her, she's in early gray
Her reflection looks concerned as flowers hit her grave