Janis Ian - Tea And Sympathy lyrics

rate me

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

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

Let's drink a toast to those who most

Believe in what they want

It's a long, long time 'til mornin'

Lays wasted on the dawn

I'll not write another line

For my true love is gone.

When the guests have gone

I'll tidy up the room

I'll turn the covers down

And gazing at the moon

I'll pray to go quite mad

And live in long ago

Where you and I were once

So very long ago.

Pass the tea and sympathy

For the good old days long gone

Let's drink a toast

To those who most

Believe in what they want

It's a long, long time 'til morning

Lays wasted on the dawn

I'll not write another line

For my true love is gone.

When I have no dreams

To give you anymore

I'll lite a blazing fire

And wait within the door

And throw my life away

"I wonder why?", they all will say

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.

Thanks to QueenMab418 for these lyrics