Parenthetical Girls - Evelyn McHale lyrics

When you got crippled by that car
When we was martyred monthly
And scarred by the way that we are
We nearly broke your mother's heart
Stay close and pray that she never
Knows how we both fell apart

Sure, we were cynics from the start
Spell-bound, still safe as houses
Now pander we down for your hearts
And we never meant you any harm
And still though we thought not to be caught
How the thought made me hard

And sure, we look lonesome from afar
Hateful and hollow, smug and smart, well
Don't we look the part?
Sweetheart, remembered for your art
Train those charms toward the
Charts and we'll be
Stars just the way that we are
And how do we simply carry on?
Sweetness with wrist gone lifeless
Save one tacky tryst on that lawn
How long must we be strung along?
And might all thy ill-will be undone
By the sum of one song?

So you got crippled by that car
No longer martyred monthly
Though scarred by the way that we are
Sweetheart, those sycophants ain't far
Train those drones by the stones and we'll be
Stars just the way that we are