Life begins at 40 and it ends at 45
That's a lot of drugs and rock n' roll and not a lot of time
You save the days for decades incomplete
Watch the shakedown of a banking man
When concave concrete meets family sedan
Idle hands, hard shoulders, seated
Trying not to think on your feet
And watching from the wings the journey seems rehearsed
How every little limo's looking like a hearse
You curse yourself for taking on the roads
And fantasize of open skies and hurricanes
But your parachute was open when you left the plane
Don't land and start demanding what you're owed
Another go but sans the load
What will we tell the investors?
What will you become?
What will I write in the ledgers?
The greatest story ever told
You're far too young to be so old
You couldn't see the beaches for the eyes of sand
The dreams seemed like the dreaming of a different man
The man who said goodbye to her with a kiss
Not the listless bucket kicker in a corner booth
With pictures on the pinboard of a sort of youth
To someday teach you the names of all your kids
Each mr man and little miss
Still life portraits on the hallway walls
The vase that rattles when your mother calls
These wedding photos came with the frames
A notebook full of empty spaces caked in dust
A yearbook full of strangers saying 'keep in touch'
The novels never lasted past the name
Kindling waiting for a flame
What did you carve in the mountain?
What's been fossilized?
What's there to say when they've found it?
The saddest story ever told
You're far too young to be this old
What did you hear through the window?
What's your neighbour's name?
Who sang along in the valley?
You walk it with no hand to hold
You're far too young to be this old
And far too old to think us 'old and wise'
Fumbling for lessons we're too young to recognise
You know what they say of fortune and bravery's link
Well that makes us cowards, and cowards, we swim to sink
Well the tide grows higher, let's show some composure
And hide on WIZARD ISLAND til it all blows over
All I am is all I came to be
And when the end comes I know it's coming for me
And I'll be there to see it, be there to see it
Some other guy
On some other day
You live not to die and you die anyway
Your hair is a mess, so coalesce!, you coward!
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