Ian Janis Tea And Sympathy Lyrics

Tea And Sympathy Lyrics

I don't want to ride the milk train anymore

 I'll go to bed at nine and waken with the dawn

 And lunch at half past noon and dinner prompt at five

 The comfort of a few old friends long past their prime

 

 Pass the tea and sympathy for the good old days long gone

 We'll drink a toast to those who most believe in what they've won

 It's a long, long time 'til morning plays wasted on the dawn

 And I'll not write another line, for my true love is gone

 

 When the guests have gone, I'll tidy up the rooms

 And turn the covers down, and gazing at the moon

 Will pray to go quite mad and live in long ago

 When you and I were one, so very long ago

 

 Pass the tea and sympathy for the good old days long gone

 We'll drink a toast to those who most believe in what they've won

 It's a long, long time 'til morning plays wasted on the dawn

 And I'll not write another line, for my true love is gone

 

 When I have no dreams to give you anymore

 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 and 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