I have just come home from burying a friend
And now I think I can see the end
It came so suddenly
And without cause
That I stepped right up and took medicine
A dose of reality

Is this what I have to look forward to
Is this what happens when no one is looking
Well you’ve got my attention now
I am all ears
-and eyes and heart
I am all the things I so soon agreed to part with

How is it that I feel so old
How is it that -
- I cant be told what to do
And yet it seems
That all my complaining
Has only got me good at entertaining
Those thoughts which
- seem to scratch that itch
That awful pain
- that keeps coming back again

Is this what I have to look forward to
Is this what happens when no one is looking
Well you’ve got my attention now
I am all ears
-and eyes and heart
I am all the things I so soon agreed to part with

I miss
The bliss
Of ignorance
I miss
The time
That used to be mine
I miss that feeling
That everything was happening for a reason
And now it looks like I have missed my chance
To hop aboard the train that comes into town
Before the storm blows in and rips it all down
Down

Is this what I have to look forward to
Is this what happens when no one is looking
Well you’ve got my attention now
I am all ears
-and eyes and heart
I am all the things I so soon agreed to part with
I give up
I am showing my hand