Marilyn Monroe/neon And Waltzes Lyrics - Nanci Griffith

Sun will stop shinin' and hearts will stop poundin' 

The screen is so lonely tonight 

The men are out prayin' and the women are sayin' 

She died for the loss of her prime and lived on DiMaggio time 

So farewell you old tinsel city 

With your waltz in the mornin' and your neon at night 

I've bathed in your loneliness, drank of your wine 

And I lived on DiMaggio time 

And hearts felled to paradise still rest in her eyes 

She was no fading light 

Oh, hot night in August, so long to the goddess 

America's fatherless child 

Immortal's forever, the queen of the camera 

The master of winkin' a smile and leaving her shadow behind 

So farewell you old tinsel city 

With your waltz in the mornin' and your neon at night 

I've bathed in your loneliness, drank of your wine 

And I lived on DiMaggio time 

Well, farewell you old tinsel city 

With your waltz in the mornin' and your neon at night 

I've bathed in your loneliness, drank of your wine 

And I lived on DiMaggio time