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