Matinee Idol Lyrics by Rufus Wainwright

Matinee Idol Lyrics

    This is the day
    The day of the death
    The death of the matinee idol

    Still so beautiful as the angels
    As the angels came down from on high
    So sweet and so soft
    So charmingly daft
    So young was the matinee idol
    Lips of crimson slightly open
    As the flash and all fame put to rest

    Chorus: walk, walk along that wall
    No it is not from the academy
    Walk, walk along that wall

    From this moment you'll cease to be
    The undying love of the public eye
    And so goes one more
    Away from the maze
    Away for to sit at the table
    Above babel, far from this world
    While standing on the boulevard

    Chorus:
    But still, whomever has looked at
    Looked at beauty is marked out
    Is marked out already by death
    Still so beautiful as the angels
    As the angels came down from on high

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