She Took A Lot of Pills (And Died)

[Verse 1]
With her drop dead looks and her little-girl charm
Everybody thought she'd go far
And at twenty years old she was rich as could be
And a world-famed Hollywood star
With the big parts comin' and the sweethearts, too
Life was a hell of a ride
But her star soon fell and her body got old
So she took a lot of pills and died

[Chorus 1]
She took a lot of pills and died
Took a lot of pills and died
Her star soon fell and her body got old
So she took a lot of pills and died

[Verse 2]
While the traffic crawled by in the street outside
She was sittin' in her kitchenette
Listenin' to the scuttle of the rats in the wall
And starin' at her TV set
She once might have been too proud to be found
In a hovel on the lower East Side
But nothin' in the world seemed to matter much now
So she took a lot of pills and died

[Chorus 2]
She took a lot of pills and died
She took a lot of pills and died
Nothin' in the world seemed to matter to her
So she took a lot of pills and died

[Verse 3]
Now she hasn't been seen on the silver screen
And she never may be again
But every once in a while at the far end of the dial
You can see her like she was back then
In a soft close-up, with her hair backlit
She seemed to glow inside
But somethin' went wrong 'cause forty years on
She took a lot of pills and died

[Chorus 3]
Well she took a lot of pills and died
She took a lot of pills and died
Somethin' went wrong 'cause forty years on
So she took a lot of pills and died
She took a lot of pills and died
She took a lot of pills and died