Forever Eighteen Lyrics

Oh, pretty one, your time has come

Yeah, and you just don't know it

I've chosen you 'cause I love the view

Yeah, and I just must show it

I saw you at the town fair

Dancing in the crisp autumn air

You were swaying your hips and flipping your hair

And I couldn't help but stop and stare, listen

You sure look beautiful tonight

But we both know those looks will fade

'Cause time is like cruelty in disguise

So, let's make sure you never change

And you'll be

Forever eighteen, beauty queen

You'll always be a pretty little thing

There will be bloodied sheets and torn up jeans

But for now just come dance with me

And your bed where you slept

Will be a temple to the dead, but you'll be

Forever eighteen

Shh, quiet now, settle down

It's time I pull the knives out

The more you squirm, the more it hurts

So, try not to twist and turn, listen

If we end it now, then time will stop

'Cause beauty never beats the clock

Your luscious lips and hourglass hips

They will remember it

And you'll be

Forever eighteen, beauty queen

She was always such a pretty little thing

Now there's bloodied sheets and torn up jeans

Crumpled up on the floor in a heap

Your photographs, a flag half mast

Will be remembrance to your past, but you'll be

Forever eighteen

'Cause time never stops

It goes on and on

But they'll remember you

'Cause you're young, pretty and gone

There will be a search by the cops

'Til the night becomes the dawn

And the town will cherish you

She was taken from us far too soon

Forever eighteen, beauty queen

You'll always be a pretty little thing

There will be bloodied sheets and torn up jeans

But for now just come dance with me

And your bed where you slept

Will be a temple to the dead, but you'll be

Forever eighteen