Now you are gone I try on your waistcoat Too big feels strange
And I wear the hat The hat that you wore on stage
Watch the DVD again Watch the DVD again
And I say thank you thank you I will always treasure them as I As I embrace Dr deaths absurdism
We used to go to the match On Boxing Day And you told the time Without a watch you’d say
It’s exactly 12 minutes to two And you were always right and You built us a kite and an igloo We kids thought the world of you
And the humanist preacher Spoke of a thinker and a teacher And at the funeral I wept self piteously I thought to myself this is how it will be for me
A group of old musicians In a cemetery Telling stories distorted by memory Adding bits on for the sake of a story
The one about the child He never did see The one about the lover He never managed to please The one about the career that never took off The loves that he fought he won and he lost
Oh Life goes out like a light and
Too soon the darkness comes Too soon the darkness comes To soon too soon