ist - King Martha - Released 2005
Audrey Hepburn
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I think that Audrey Hepburn might
Have come back from the dead
As the black cigarette holder spills
Its ash on to the bed
A girl with labyrinthine eyes
Wedding grace and nudity
I adjust the lighting as,
She rehearses the scene
She believes in complications, but
She longs for black and white
Was it a slip of etiquette
That brought her here tonight?
I think that Audrey Hepburn might
Just have her work cut out
She talks the body politic
Then cripples it with doubt
Now I'm a boy though proof is scant
I've ever been a man
And if I want to lie with her
I'll have to take a stand
There's so much that she hasn't said
There's no need to explain
She wants to be a movie star
She'll have to change her name
With no technicolour ending
And no God above to bless
Just these mistranslated subtitles
With hope a poor replacement for sadness
I think that Audrey Hepburn might
Just be alive and well
She cracks and burns like celluloid
At each orchestral swell
Born to be an icon, once
She's finally out of time
A picture hanging on your wall
Lipstick kissed and signed
I pray she may go lightly through
This ticker-tape parade
Her eyes wide with wonderment
And untinted by jade
(c) 2005 ist
Lyrics: Hall Music: Hall/Haynes/McCourt/Ilett
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