It’s a Comedy Over Here

I didn't want to be anything Other than beautiful on billboards and silver screens Moving like mercury I'd never conceived That it would be so easy and so much free Guess I'd rather been a grifter It's a comedy over here Of all my mistakes The greatest is to greet the crowd with fear Cause they smelled it on my breath Even through the barbiturates and beer Long after I had left they insisted on carrying the cheer