Everybody's talking bout why you left town
Heard you left the city for the country now
Heard you got fucked by business affairs
Cnd you won't talk to anyone who was there

Haven't seen you in a couple of months
Ever since the party that made you run

Stella, why'd you cut your hair?
Who told you to be quiet?
Were you causing a riot?
Stella, how'd you get so blue?
You're throwing in the towel
Before your victory hour
Stella, why would you?

Everybody would be whispering when you walked in
Million dollar smile and the sharpest wit
If they ever find the fucker who did you in
I'll be the first witness on the goddamn stand

Rumors going round that you're over and done
But if I know you, you're having fun

Stella, why'd you cut your hair?
Who told you to be quiet?
Were you causing a riot?
Stella, how'd you get so blue?
You're throwing in the towel
Before your victory hour
Stella, why would you?

Maybe you got it figured out
Maybe you're happy now
Do you even think about it now?

Or are you tending to your garden?
Mid–cugust at sunset
There's a pail from the faucet
Cnd fresh breeze it's flawless

Stella, God I love your hair
Nobody screaming quiet
Or blaming you for trying
Stella, how'd you cure your blues?
You make a case for quitting
Now you're the one who's winning
Stella, you, you, you

Everybody's talking bout why you left town
Heard you left the city and you're better now