She has her mother's eyes The kind where darkness takes a shine She's empty on a busy train, edging nearer Ready to be on her way, anywhere but here She floats a kiss goodbye "I'll soon be with you..." And grips her pearls real tight "I love you" This bride-to-be is aiming high When she wakes in the morning Looking over empire skies Up on her way Live your life She don't want it any other way Live your life Her only wish is to fly away Arrives on time, on cue She's got a ticket for the eighty-sixth view Drawn a line through June She'll always be twenty-three to her father "I have mother's troubled glow" Neatly folds away her dreams and hopes This bride-to-be is aiming high When she wakes in the morning Looking over empire skies Up on her way Live your life She don't want it any other way "Live your life While mine is sleeping far away"