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Golden cage

Carl Cleves

She was a child nobody wanted
Brought up in a foster home
Ward of the state she got a name
She could not call her own
She had eyes like honey
Businessmen saw bags of money
Baby, I’ll make you a star
In a golden cage sitting on a swing
In a golden cage pretty bird won’t sing
In a golden cage pretty bird won’t sing

She took a train to paradise
With a pocket full of dreams
She learned to strut on scarlet carpets
In diamond-studded jeans
She thought she was Cinderella
Married a fine sporting fella
Held it down with little reds and blues
In a golden cage etc

She was lonely and unhappy
She went a little wild
She had come far for a girl
Who was molested as a child
Riding in her limousine
All that she could do was scream
In a fit of rage and despair
In a golden cage pretty bird won’t fly
In a golden cage pretty bird will die
In a golden cage pretty bird must die

When they found her
there was much talk
judgement, fantasy
tell me did she
ever have a
chance to be free

In a golden cage (repeat)