Masquerade

Album: Pleasure Victim (1982)
Charted: 82
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  • The painted faces on the street
    Caricatures of long ago
    Oh they were young and oh-so sweet
    Down beyond the boulevard
    Knock on doors and empty halls
    And still sometimes remember
    The masquerade's forever

    When you see the price they paid
    I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade

    The reeling figures pass on by
    Like ghosts in some forgotten play
    Beneath the black and empty sky
    Music plays and figures dance
    With partners chosen by chance
    And still sometimes remember
    The masquerade's forever

    They reached for tomorrow
    But tomorrows, more of the same
    So they reached for tomorrow
    But tomorrow never came

    When you hear the price they paid
    I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade

    One by one and two by two
    Past eight by tens in shattered frames
    The players try to leave the room
    Frantic puppets on a string
    And all the while the music sings
    And still sometimes remember
    The masquerade's forever Writer/s: Jill Wisoff
    Publisher: FANTASY CREATURE PRODUCTIONS
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Jim from Long Beach, CaTerri Nunn still looks great after all these years!! God Bless her!!
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