Sometimes it seems unimaginable 
That you were ever any other way 
With your white rose face and your orphan clothes 
Embroidered jeans and silver chains 
You're a well known face in all the hang-out places 
Where the lost souls congregate 
You sit all night, but you talk too fast 
I don't know what you're trying to say 

Oh Carol, I think it's time for running for cover, a-ha 
Believe me, you're everyone's and nobody's lover, a-ha 
You've got a one-way ticket for all your yesterdays 

I know your daddy said he'd talk to you 
But he never really found the time 
And your TV mother with her cocktail eyes 
Could never really reach your mind 
So you fixed your star to a passing dream 
And took a cocaine holiday 
Now the years flow round you in a muddy stream 
And you need another place to stay. 

Oh Carol, I think it's time for running for cover, a-ha 
Believe me, you're everyone's and nobody's lover, a-ha 
You've got a one-way ticket for all your yesterdays 

Reach down, silvery ship from the stars, I know you're there 
I know you'll understand me, you can take me anywhere 
I know you must be there

Well, sometimes it seems impossible 
That the game could get that rough 
But the stage is set, the exit's barred 
And the make-up won't come off 
So you make your bow to the balcony 
You light another cigarette 
And the lights grow dim as the music starts 
And it's easy to forget 

Oh Carol, I think it's time for running for cover, a-ha 
Believe me, you're everyone's and nobody's lover, a-ha 
You've got a one-way ticket for all your yesterdays 

Reach down, silvery ship from the stars, I know you're there 
I know you'll understand me, you can take me anywhere 
I know you must be there