I want to tell you something   It's not a secret or anything   You're not alone in being alone   At the end of a perfect day      And if you leave all your dependents   Then they will gain their independence   Don't make a martyr of yourself   It's just the end of a perfect day      And it's never how it seems   The rain may fall on the best laid schemes   But in a written testimonial I'd say   I never really knew you anyway      I want to tell you something   Now don't go crazy or anything   Just want to tell you that it's over   It's the end of a perfect day      Do you want sign language?   Don't want a knuckle sandwich   Now you can love or you can hate   It's just the end of a perfect day      You can't get inside of someone   So don't ask me if we're close   I really couldn't tell you   But I know you wouldn't really listen anyway      It's a pain you got to bear   And it's always going to be there   But if you disappeared tomorrow   Then the world would carry on without you anyway      Mind over matter it seems   Can stop you falling apart at the seams   It's a matter of honor with me   I should write out a hundred times   Put my hand on my heart and say   That I don't want to lie, don't want to lie   Don't want to lie about the way it is      I want to tell you something   Don't act surprised now or anything   Now you can revel in yourself   'Cause it's the end of a perfect day      No it's not a pretty world out there   With people dying of their own despair   But in a written testimonial you'd say   You never really knew them anyway      I'll never satisfy you, I'll never even try to   I really couldn't tell   It just depends what you remember   At the end of a perfect day