tea & sympathy

i don't want to ride the milk train any more

i'll go to bed at nine

and waken with the dawn

and lunch at half past noon

dinner prompt at five

the comfort of a few old friends long past their prime

pass the tea & sympathy

for the good old days long gone

let's drink a toast to those who most

believe in what they've won

it's a long long time 'til morning

plays wasted on the dawn

i'll not write another line

for my true love is gone

and when the guests have done

i'll tidy up the room

i'll turn the covers down

and gazing at the moon

will pray to go quite mad

and live in long ago

when you and i were one

so very long ago

pass the tea & sympathy

for the good old days long gone

let's drink a toast to those who most

believe in what they've won

it's a long long time 'til morning

plays wasted on the dawn

i'll not write another line

for my true love is gone

and when i have no dreams

to give you any more

i'll light a blazing fire

and wait within the door

and throw my life away

i wonder why?" they all will say