Entering Grey Gardens

When hedges hide the world away
 Edie!
 And shadows blur the time of day (Edie!)
 I'm feeding the cats!
 When cans of cat food are pate
 You're entering Grey Gardens
 Liver pate? You have to make it!
 I can't make it!
 When am I gonna get out of here?
 The musty smell of feline fur
 The dusty marks where pictures were
 The vermin in the furniture
 You're entering Grey Gardens (Edie!)
 The ceiling sags, the stairway creaks
 The faucet drips, the toilet leaks
 The crumbling walls
 The broken clocks
 It's like a twenty-eight-room litterbox
 One hundred fifty windowsills
 To catch a wink or two
 And that's Grey Gardens from a cat's-eye view
 I'll die if I don't eat! (Meow)
 I found your pate, Mother darling
 (Yow)
 I think it's pate. The label is faded
 Is it pate, or is it giblets for the cats?
 Meow (meow) meow
 The fog rolls in and there it stays
 It suffocates the house in haze
 From room to room it drifts about
 And nobody except a cat gets out
 A haven from a callous world
 With no one saying "Shoo!"
 And that's Grey Gardens from a cat's-eye view
 I may die with this diet
 I don't like it at all (meow)
 Ever since you started trying to lose weight
 You've been impossible (meow)
 I'm not gaining it back (row)
 Starve yourself, ducky! (Meow!)
 Here's your pate, mother darling
 Meow!