Tea And 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 and sympathy

For the good ol' days long gone

We'll 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

When the guests have done I'll tidy up the rooms

I'll turn the covers down in gazing at the moon

I'll pray to go quite mad

And live in long ago

When you and I were one, so very long ago

Pass the tea and sympathy

For the good ol' 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

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

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 morning

So build your fires high

Now I lay me down to sleep

Forever by your side