I saw her there at the back of the bus

slipping in and out of consciousness

Some guy was blowing smoke into her mouth

laughing with a madman's look on his face



and she was smiling

She was on cloud eight

missing her stops

playing with fate

with no one to hold her

and no one to see

She falls to the floor and whispers to me

in the dark, in the dusk, in the dawning...



Chorus:

I'm Candy

How sweet is my name

I'm everybody's daughter

But no one seems to know her

I'm Candy

And you're all to blame

Your American daughter

One more for the slaughter



In the walls of her mind

There's a girl another time

and she's dancing in the park

and in her mother's arms

with her mother's heart



And they're laughing in the rain

And here she is a laughing again

It's not funny anymore

to hear her whisper from behind the door

in the dark, in the dusk, in the dawning



(chorus)



Can you understand Candy?

Candy can't understand...



In the day, in the dark

in the dusk, 'til the dawn...

Candy...



(chorus)



She don't understand...