Fell in love with an autocrat From the streets of Leningrad Gave him everything I had It wasn't much at all Just wanted a pretty face A damsel in disgrace I come from a better place And I don't have far to fall Ooh And in my hour of darkness I have often thought of you Lie awake, toss and turn the whole night through Ooh Say goodnight to the open stage Say goodnight to the empty page In the dusk of the day and age The light starts to fail And when they ask for an autograph I just had to laugh At the unreliable fact The undeniable tale Ooh And in my hour of darkness I have often thought of you Lie awake, toss and turn the whole night through Ooh