And the first thing they did was separate me
Startling beautiful people (people, startling, beautiful)
Startling beautiful people (people, startling, beautiful)
We met on training day
She asked if I was scared (Hey, you scared?")
I said yes
She said she'd thought she was prepared
I took her hand
And on we marched, our thoughts unshared
I never saw her again (Startling, beautiful)
Miss Cooper smiled and asked
What floor was my purview (Just say books)
I said "books"
I didn't know what else to do
13-3138 here belongs with you
And so they take me again
Then they taught me
A hundred hours or more
Showed me what they got me
A custom yellow pad
As we descended to the floor
Startling beautiful people
In tailored suits and short clipped hair
Miss Cooper tells Miss Cooper
"Go to Miss Cooper in menswear"
Comp. keep for ref. cust. D.A. no. or
C.T. no. salesbook no. salescheck no.
Clerk no. dept. date M
Duplicate, triplicate, and throw it away
I learned to punch the clock
And bow before its power
Oh, that metal prophet
Counting down the hour
And when Miss Cooper came
I'd nod, or sometimes cower
What was my real name again?
Oh, they got me
A hundred days a week
No, this is not me
But I eat my yellow pad
In case I ever dare to speak
Don't speak
Startling beautiful people
In tailored suits and short clipped hair
Miss Cooper tells Miss Cooper
"Go to Miss Cooper in menswear"
Starling beautiful people
In tailored suits and short clipped hair
Miss Cooper tells Miss Cooper
"Go to Miss Cooper, that one there" (throw it away)
(Locker number)
1773
(Time-clock number)
712
(Cash-box number)
1336
(Cash-register number)
253
(Cash-register-drawer number)
K
(Cash-register-drawer-key number)
872
(Department number)
13
I wrote my numbers down
That was my first day
Startling beautiful people
In tailored suits and short clipped hair
Miss Cooper tells Miss Cooper
"Go to Miss Cooper in menswear" (Duplicate, triplicate, and throw it away)
Startling beautiful people (Ahh)
In tailored suits and short clipped hair
Miss Cooper tells Miss Cooper
"Go to Miss Cooper, that one there"
Startling beautiful people (Ahh)
In tailored suits and short clipped hair
Miss Cooper tells Miss Cooper
"Go to Miss Cooper
I'm sure she's somewhere"
Until the night I tripped
And tumbled down the stair
I kicked an exit open
Sirens everywhere
I stood and said out loud
"I never saw you there"
Comp. keep for ref. cust. D.A. no. or
C.T. no. salesbook no. salescheck no.
(No, no, no, no, no, no, no)
I didn't go back again
I wrote Macy's a long letter
And signed it with all my numbers added together and divided by 130,000
Which is the number of employees at Macy's
I wonder if they miss me