Paroles de Tim RICE - Musique de Michel BERGER





l've a message for the world

And my ever-loyal fans

For I don't know what

Stories you've read



I'm killing off Baby Doll

l've more exciting plans

Baby Doll's gonna quit

While she's ahead



This is her final goodbye

To all the glam and glitz

This is about her checking out

I'm taking off the Ritz



Come and watch her die

l've had it up to here

Don't miss the last goodbye

The exit of the year



I've spent the last decade

Pretending that I'm under thirty

And regularly laid

When I hate even talking dirty-oh yes...



How much I long to be unrecognised

And lead a quiet suburban life

And be a half-forgotten dream

And a wife...



Nobody knew it could be hell

When I was filmed with guys in bed

What they were thinking, you could tell

I used to think about the bread



And it's time for a rest

To go out on a high

I've given my best

So this is goodbye



You can keep the whole shebang

The parasitic gang

The nuts galore

Around my door



I ain't gonna slide downhill

l'm leaving while l'm still divine

No-one's gonna have the thrill

Seeing a sad decline



High on the peaks of fame

I feel the winds of change

I feel the winds of change



Nothing evre stays the same

When the only way is down

When nothing excites, let lesser lights

Scramble for the crown



Come and watch her die

I've had it up to here

Don't miss the last goodbye

The exit of the year



I've given all l've got

l've glittered for the glitterati

But now l'd trash the lot

So welcome to my farewell party - a legend's party....



Observed in close-up by a billion eyes

I say my final intimate goodbyes

As I descend the golden stairs, I'll cry:

"Let me go, let me leave you all!

Let her die! Let the curtain fall!"

The cameras roll -



I pause a moment, for effect

With the timing you'd expect

"Let me go, let me leave you all!

Let her die! Let the curtain fall!"

The cameras roll -



And then a final heartfelt tear

As I begin to disapear



"I love you" from the fading queen

The perfect ending to the scene

And the waiting limousine

Driver, take me to oblivion