Schoolgirls giggling in the next compartment

Lipstick ladies in their head

Magazine styles, romantic visions

Starting their lives advertisement fed

And they're brought up to believe in dreams

Of a better life

Thinking about the easy years to come

Looking forward that's the only way

That they've been taught

One day the world will be their own

And the wheel turns around

In the twinkling of an eye

And they find their hopes just

Castles in the sand

Older faces in the mirror now

Chasing ghosts of yesterday

Once they were foolish, once they didn't care

Now their eyes fill with memories

They were brought up to believe in dreams

And a better life

They sure knew good times when they were young

But somehow, sometimes, it's not easy to recall

All the good things they have done

As their time slips away, only memories live on

Ever changing with the passing of the years

How could life be so hard

Fading wishes left to rust

Till they find the stardust

Sprinkled in their eyes

Schoolgirls giggling in the next compartment

Lipstick ladies in their head

Magazine styles, romantic visions

Starting their lives advertisement fed

And they're brought up to believe in dreams

Of a better life

Thinking about the easy years to come

Looking forward that's the only way

They'll realise

One day the world will be their own

And they were brought up to believe in dreams

Of a better life

They sure knew good times when they were young

But sometimes, somehow, it's not easy to recall

All the good things that they've done