She lay in bed all night watching the morning change She lay in bed all night watching the colours change She lay in bed all night watching the colours change into green and gold The doctor told her years ago that she was ill The doctor told her years ago to take a pill The doctor told her years ago that she'd go blind if she wasn't carefulThey let lisa go blindThe world was at her feet and she was looking down They let lisa go blindBut everyone she knew thought she was beautiful Only slightly mentalBeautiful, a bit temperamental Beautiful, only slightly mental Beautiful She thought it would be fun to try photography She thought it would be fun to try pornography She thought it would be fun to try most anythingShe was tired of sleeping They let lisa go blind, let lisa go blind, let lisa go blindThey let lisa go blind She's looking like a queen But if you knew what's going on in her life There'd be a thousand barren mothers there to talk to her If you knew what's going on in her life There'd be two hundred troubled teenagers to sit with herAnd to talk to her If you knew what's going on in her life What's going on in her life What's going on in her life There would be a documentary on radio 4 She made herself a pair of orthopaedic shoes She thought it was the answer to the fashion blues She mad herself a pair of orthopaedic shoes But she walked with a limp