Annie I hope things line up for you   All in a row, shiny and new   You can't keep on living in one small room   When you never let anyone in, you never let anyone in   Annie you think the whole world's been cruel   All of the stars took advantage of you   Your mother was cold and your daddy'd no love   So you stomped your feet till they noticed   You stomped your feet till they put on the kid gloves      Now they're walking on egg shells, they're walking on glass   They sing hallelujah each time that you pass   Someday you'll pick yourself up off your ass and go      Annie you think the boys never play it fair   Tripping you up, sticking gum in your hair   Wherever you run it's yourself you'll face there   And he might be gone when you need him   And he might be long gone when you find you care      'Cause he's walking on egg shells, he's walking on glass   He sings you a lullaby each time you ask   And someday you'll pick yourself up off your ass and go      Annie I love you, but that's always been clear,    It's the layers of history that won't let us hear   Twisted compassion that's burning our ears   The distance from there to here   The distance from there to here      C'ause I'm walking on egg shells, I'm walking on glass   I sing you a lullaby eachtime you ask   And someday you'll pick yourself up off your ass and go   Coz your gambling again and the stakes are too high   Your ante is fear, my bet is desire   Took you far from the truth, into the fire again      Annie I hope things line up for you   All in a row, shiny and new   You can't keep on living in one small room   When you never let anyone in, you never let anyone in   You never let anyone in, you never let anyone in