When you're falling awake   And you take stock of the new day   And you hear your voice croak   As you choke on what you need to say   Well, don't you fret, don't you fear   I will give you good cheer      Life's a long song   Life's a long song   Life's a long song   If you wait then your plate I will fill      As the verses unfold   And your soul suffers the long day   And the twelve o'clock gloom spins the room   You struggle on your way   Well, don't you sigh, don't you cry   Lick the dust from your eye      Life's a long song   Life's a long song   Life's a long song   We will meet in the sweet light of dawn      As the baker street train spills your pain   All over your new dress   And the symphony sounds underground   Put you under duress   Well, don't you squeal as the heel   Grinds you under the wheels      Life's a long song   Life's a long song   Life's a long song   But the tune ends too soon for us all      But the tune ends too soon for us all