I guess what concerns me the most

Getting any younger so we like to boast

Are the cracks and fissures splintering our lovely lives

Our acceptance of the shiny brand-new kitchen knives



So I have decided not to live that way

I still behave in public

And I don't confuse the night with day

And I'm better off please don't say

We know you'll never live without

You have to keep it out



I pray that I'll be saved

Before too long

Another two or three days

And I'll get it wrong



A patch of thistle

Measuring our early grave

With waxy gleam

We stroll along the colonnade



And I have decided not to live that way

I still behave in public

And I don't confuse the night with day

And I'm better off please don't say

We know you'll never live without

You have no way to keep it out



I did just what they told me

I'm just trying to make my way

I did just what they told me