Feet on the Ground - Rickie Lee Jones

She was a happy child

Funny and bright and wild

And all of the grown-ups agreed

She was «Most Likely To Succeed

In Ruling the World»

Now she calls you on the phone

She’s never there alone

Who is he, why is he there, that man?

She steals everything she can

Easily buy it.

«Mother

Can you send some cash?»

Here, world domination rules

Get in line with these fools

We’ll show you how much it costs

Twice as much as we’ve lost

This is no way to live

And I have no more to give

She’s got her feet on the ground

Life is a merry-go-round

Taking her up so high

The angels cry

She’s got her feet on the ground

Life is a merry-go-round (Life is a merry-go-round)

Taking her up so high

The angels cry

The story goes on and on

Nobody’s right or wrong

There somebody’s aunt

Somebody’s dad

They spent the last dollar they had

Trying to bring someone home

You, well you call her on the phone

You’re always here alone

A daily reminder of what it’s cost

How much you’ve given

How much you’ve lost

Trying to save her

I’ll just send you the cash

Now world domination is lost

And this is what it cost

Twice as much as we had

But Daddy, it’s not that bad

But how does she survive

Why is she left alive?

She’s got her feet on the ground

Life is a merry-go-round

Taking her up so high

The angels cry

She’s got her feet on the ground (Feet on the ground)

Life is a merry-go-round (Life is a merry-go-round)

Taking her up so high

The angels cry (Don't you hear the angels cry?)

She’s got her feet on the ground

(Gonna get her feet back on the ground)

Life is a merry-go-round (Life is a merry go round)

Taking her up so high

The angels cry

She’s got her feet on the ground

Life is a merry-go-round

Taking her up so high

The angels cry

She’s got her feet on the ground (Have her feet on the ground)

Life is a merry-go-round (Life is a merry-go-round)

She’s got her feet on the ground (Life)

Life is a merry-go-round

She’s got her feet on the ground

Life is a merry-go-round

She’s got her feet on the ground

Life is a merry-go-round

She’s got her feet on the ground

Life is a merry-go-round