Tea and Sympathy

[ET Awful]

I don't want to ride the milk train any more.
I'll go to bed at nine, & 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
Play’s 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 & 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
Play is 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
and now I lay me down to sleep,
forever and a day .

Pass the tea & sympathy
for the good old 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.

- Janis Ian