Is that a hearse or a limousine? 
 It’s like I’ve seen it on the TV screen 
 She had the body of a beauty queen 
 Put on a pedestal for good hygiene 
    I saw a girl that looked like you 
 And I wanted to tell everyone to run away from her 
 Run away, run away! 
 It couldn’t have been you but she had your eyes 
 Made for faking smiles and turning tides 
 Hands full of young men wrapped around her finger   
 They made you a throne out of magazines 
 They made you a crown out of peonies 
 She grew up as the pretty young thing 
 Let them look up her skirt on the backyard swing 
 Oh no   
 Daddy told you to stay indoors 
 And I can understand how a girl gets bored 
 Too old to play and too young to mess around 
 She was a victim of the same disease 
 That’s roaming the streets and bites when it please 
 And makes us wanna live forever or die in infamy   
 I wanna live in a world where I can keep my doors wide open 
 But who knows what’d get in and what’d get out 
 One of these nights, I’ll sleep with the windows down 
 But not until that creature’s in the pound   
 No child is born knowing there’s an ugly or evil thing 
 When did my folks stop covering my eyes? 
 Was it my brother who taught me about jealousy? 
 Was it my sister who taught me about vanity? 
 Was it that girl, that beautiful girl 
 Thirsty for love and eager for attention 
 Was it that girl who taught me about destruction?   
 I wanna live in a world where I can keep my doors wide open 
 But who knows what’d get in and what’d get out?