Tea & Sympathy letra

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 and 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
We'll drink a toast to those who most believe in what they've won
It's a long, long time 'til morning plays wasted on the dawn
And I'll not write another line, for my true love is gone

When the guests have gone, I'll tidy up the rooms
And turn the covers down, and gazing at the moon
Will pray to go quite mad and live in long ago
When you and I were one, so very long ago

Pass the tea and sympathy for the good old days long gone
We'll drink a toast to those who most believe in what they've won
It's a long, long time 'til morning plays wasted on the dawn
And I'll not write another line, for my true love is gone

When I have no dreams to give you anymore
I'll light a blazing fire and wait within the door
And throw my life away, "I wonder why?" they all will say
And 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

Janis Ian - Letras

• Aftertones
• Applause
• At Seventeen
• Between The Lines
• Bigger Than Real
• Boy I Really Tied One On
• Bright Lights And Promises
• Dance With Me
• Day By Day
• Days Like These
• Dear Billy
• Down And Away
• Fly Too High
• From Me To You
• Get Ready To Roll
• Have Mercy, Love
• Here Comes The Night
• I Believe I'm Myself Again
• I Remember Yesterday
• In the Winter
• Jenny (Iowa Sunrise)
• Jesse
• Lay Low
• Light A Light
• Love Is Blind
• Lover's Lullabye
• Memories
• Night Rains
• Page Nine
• Passion Play
• Photographs
• Resist
• Restless Eyes
• Ride me like a wave
• Roses
• Shadows On The Wind
• Silly Habits
• Society's Child
• Some People
• Stars
• Sugar Mountain
• Sweet Sympathy
• Tea & Sympathy
• Thankyous
• The Bridge
• The Come On
• The Man You Are In Me
• The Other Side Of The Sun
• This Must Be Wrong
• Under The Covers
• Watercolors
• When The Party's Over
• Without You
• You've Got Me On a String