rickety lane

day after day

down rickety lane

i walk with myself

aware of no pain

the cartoons of life

pass in review

and rickety lane's been travelled by few

a soldier from england so long ago came

to fight for his mate

besides the small lane

while lovers and poets record all the change

and rickety

rickety marked but you're strange

a young girl sits sadly and stares at her star

she lost her brave husband

last month in the war

and children are gentle and never seem blue

and rickety lane

what's in this for you?

day after day

down rickety lane

i walk with myself

aware of no pain

the cartoons of life

pass in review

and rickety lane's been travelled by few

rickety lane's been travelled by few