The Memory Remains

        Fortune, fame
        Mirror vain
        Gone insane
        But the memory remains

Heavy rings on fingers wave
Another star denies the grave
See the nowhere crowd cry the nowhere tears of honor

Like twisted vines that grow
That hide and swallow mansions whole
And dim the light of an already faded prima donna

        Fortune, fame
        Mirror vain
        Gone insane
        Fortune, fame
        Mirror vain
        Gone insane
        But the memory remains

Heavy rings hold cigarettes
Up to lips that time forgets
While the Hollywood sun sets behind your back

    And can't the band play on
    Just listen, they play my song
    Ash to ash
    Dust to dust
    Fade to black

        Fortune, fame
        Mirror vain
        Gone insane
        Fortune, fame
        Mirror vain
        Gone insane
        Dance little tin goddess

Nananananana nananada nananananana nanananadana
Nananananana nananada nananananana nanananadana

    Drift away
    Fade away
    Little tin goddess

    Ash to ash
    Dust to dust
    Fade to black

        Fortune, fame
        Mirror vain
        Gone insane
        Fortune, fame
        Mirror vain
        Gone insane
        But the memory remains

        Ash to ash
        Dust to dust
        Fade to black
        But the memory remains
        Yeah
        To this faded prima donna
        Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Dance little tin goddess dance

Nananananana nananada nanananana nanananadana
Nananananana nananada nanananana nanananadana
Rararararara rararara rarararara dararararara
Rararararara rararara rarararara dararararara
Rararararara rararara rarararara