With a heart attack on your plate You were looking back on your days How you spend them all in a blur When they asked if you were for sure Let the sugar melt down your throat Cause you know it's sweet getting old With a lollipop and a rope Let the hospital be a home Cause your knees are scratched and your eyes are black Put a plaster there and I'll sign your cast In the lighter notes at the end Some familiar names in the tiny print On the cover page of the year Grainy photographs, greasy hair But it's noon o'clock and you're still asleep And your coffee's cold, your coffee's icy Cause your knees are scratched and your eyes are black Put a plaster there and I'll sign your cast Classic Hollywood is a kid With the volume up all the way Now you do the same and you're right things are better in black and white But there's another girl and another day And your favourite foods still taste the same Cause your knees are scratched and your eyes are black Put a plaster there and I'll sign your cast When the best and the brightest turn the televisions on And your seat belt's strapped and your helmet's on