She’s left the hill for a high rise The upper crust for the lower east side Mount Olympus for Manhattan The heat for the cold But her prerogative’s still her privilege Now that she has fled the fold And despite the bank roll being pulled She can not be cajoled Silver for gold
She’s burnt her elevators She’ll never get back up On top of the sugar hill With the cream of the crop But she digs it down in slum land With the glitter and the mold Hanging out at Max’s Where the dime store tales are told Silver for gold
From the shores of California To the filthy Hudson docks Permanently on west coast time But who’s watching clocks? From the green of Santa Barbara To the gray of Union Square She never baths below her neck Now there’s silver in her hair
She’s traded the trail for the catwalk Prairie grass for the grimy street Still she always rides in limousines And leaves diamonds on the seat Now she’s rolling down past Madison Where the dreams of greed are sold Inspiring all the artists To try and break the mold
But that ‘It Girl’ thing is getting old
Silver for gold Silver for gold Silver for gold Silver for gold