Matinee Idol Lyrics - Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Wainwright

This is the day 

The day of the death 

The death of the matinee idol 

Still so beautiful as the angels 

as the angels came down from on high 

So sweet and so soft 

So charmingly daft 

So young was the matinee idol 

Lips of crimson slightly open 

As the flash and all fame put to rest 

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Chorus: Walk, walk along that wall 

No it is not from the academy 

Walk, walk along that wall 

From this moment on you'll cease to be 

The undying love of the public eye 

And so goes one more 

Away from the maze 

Away for to sit at the table 

Above Babel, far from this world 

While standing on the boulevard 

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Chorus: 

But still, whomever has looked at 

Looked at beauty is marked out 

Is marked out already by death 

Still so beautiful as the angels 

As the angels came down from on high