Waking with the larks, and the swifts, and the sun,
She's making up with pale lipsticks as pearls go on,
Your prayers said, making the bed,
The listing of the thoughts in her head,
Into the world, where you take your cue, just like I always do.

How do you live, Perpetua Simone'
How do you live, Perpetua Simone'
How do you live, Perpetua Simone'
How do you live, Perpetua Simone'

Driving home, pearls come undone to the drum,
Your dinner done and TV on, you're calling mum,
And, with the setting of the sun, comes the feeling that there's something wrong,
As another day, it slips away alone, just like days I have known.

How do you live, Perpetua Simone'
How do you live, Perpetua Simone'
How do you live, Perpetua Simone'
How do you live, Perpetua Simone'

She lives every day like everyday, nothing to say.

Putting on the dress that's best, shadow's on,
Your cigarettes and fresh breath mints - the night is young,
In the pounding of the 808, she breathes and then she wakes,
And tomorrow will be a better dawn, with hopes that she's not wrong.

How do you live, Perpetua Simone'
How do you live, Perpetua Simone'
How do you live, Perpetua Simone'
How do you live, Perpetua Simone'
How do you live, Perpetua Simone'
How do you live, Perpetua Simone'
How do you live, Perpetua Simone'
How do you live, Perpetua Simone'
How do you live, Perpetua Simone'
How do you live, Perpetua Simone'
How do you live, Perpetua Simone'
How do you live, Perpetua Simone'