Schoolgirls giggling in the next compartment  Lipstick ladies in their head  Magazine styles, romantic visions  Starting their lives advertisement fed  And they're brought up to believe in dreams  Of a better life  Thinking about the easy years to come  Looking forward that's the only way  That they've been taught  One day the world will be their own  And the wheel turns around  In the twinkling of an eye  And they find their hopes just  Castles in the sand  Older faces in the mirror now  Chasing ghosts of yesterday  Once they were foolish, once they didn't care  Now their eyes fill with memories  They were brought up to believe in dreams  And a better life  They sure knew good times when they were young  But somehow, sometimes, it's not easy to recall  All the good things they have done  As their time slips away, only memories live on  Ever changing with the passing of the years  How could life be so hard  Fading wishes left to rust  Till they find the stardust  Sprinkled in their eyes  Schoolgirls giggling in the next compartment  Lipstick ladies in their head  Magazine styles, romantic visions  Starting their lives advertisement fed  And they're brought up to believe in dreams  Of a better life  Thinking about the easy years to come  Looking forward that's the only way  They'll realise  One day the world will be their own  And they were brought up to believe in dreams  Of a better life  They sure knew good times when they were young  But sometimes, somehow, it's not easy to recall  All the good things that they've done