I woke up in the middle of the afternoon,
where are you golden boy?
Where's your famous golden touch?
where all of the elephants lie down
I thought you were crown prince
of all the wheels in ivory town
there's nothing much to save
And a bitter voice in the mirror cries,
Hey Prince, you need a shave.
Now if you can get your trembling
Why don't you try unwrapping a
stainless steel razor blade?
That's right, it's come to this,
And wasn't it a long way down?
And wasn't it a long way down?
and the cold is running thin
Don't drink from that cup,
it's all caked an d cracked
That's not the electric light, my friend,
it's your vision that has dimmed
Cover up your face with soap there,
And you've got a smile for anyone
who'll give you his applause
You thought you were a racing man
but you couldn't stand the pace
There's a funeral in the mirror
and it's stopping at your face
And you know it's come to this,
And wasn't it a long way down?
And wasn't it a strange way down?
and a girl with chestnut hair
picking all the berries that
Sometimes she was a woman,
sometimes she was a child
As you held her in the shadows,
where the raspberries grew wild
And you climbed the highest mountain,
and you sang about the view
And everywhere you wandered,
love walked along with you
That's a hard one to remember,
it makes you clench your fist
And you know it's come to this,
And wasn't it a long way down
And wasn't it a strange way down
You can still find a job,
go out and talk to a friend
there are coupons you can send
And why don't you join the Rosicrucians,
they will give you back your hope
in a plain brown envelope
But you've used up all your coupons
except the one that seems
To be tattooed on your arm
along with sev eral thousand dreams
Now Santa Claus comes forward,
there's a razor in his mitt
And he puts on his dark glasses
and he shows you where to hit
And then the cameras pan,
