I guess what concerns me the most    We're getting any younger so we like to boast    Are the cracks and fissures splintering our lovely lives    Our acceptance of the shiny brand-new kitchen knives    So I have decided not to live that way       I still behave in public    And I don't confuse the night with day    And I'm better off please don't say    We know you'll never live without    You have no way to keep it out    I pray that I'll be saved       Before too long    Another two or three days    And I'll get it wrong    A patch of thistle    Measuring our early grave    With waxy gleam    We stroll along the colonnade    And I have decided not to live that way       I still behave in public    And I don't confuse the night with day    And I'm better off please don't say    We know you'll never live without    You have no way to keep it out    I did just what they told me    I'm just trying to make my way    I did just what they told me.