Tea and Sympathy

I don't want to ride the milk train anymore

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 passed their prime

Pass the tea and sympathy

For the good old days long gone

We'll drink a toast to those who most believe in what they want

It's a long, long time 'til mornin' lays wasted on the dawn

I'll not write another line

For my true love is gone

When the guest have done, I'll tidy up the room

I'll turn the covers down

And gazing at the moon

I'll pray to go quite mad

And live in long ago

When you and I were once so very long ago

Pass the tea and sympathy

For the good ole' days long gone

Let's drink a toast to those who most believe in what they want

It's a long, long time 'til morning lays wasted on the dawn

I'll not write another line

For my true love is gone

When I have no dreams to give you anymore

I'll light a blazing fire, and wait within the door

And throw my life away

"I wonder why?" they all will say

Now I lay me down to sleep

Forever and a day

Pass the tea and sympathy

For the good ol' days are dead

Let's drink a toast to those who best survived the life they've led

It's a long, long time 'til mornin', so build your fires high

Now I lay me down to sleep

Forever by your side