There are pictures on the shelf
all reminders that you're by your self
and you'd blow out all the candles
if you thought you had the breath
but the fifty years of cigarettes
are taking their effect
Once you would have made a wish
now you know that wishes don't come true
cos if you'd had your wish you would have
left with all your friends
Instead you talk to pictures and write letters
you won't send, saying
'when will it all end'?
Don't break your heart over it
Don't break your heart
Don't break your heart over it
Don't break your heart
Save all your tears
Keep your head clear
You're almost twenty one again.
Thought you'd never make it
did'nt want to anyway
drove your mother crazy
telling her it night and day
she'd sit you at the table
make your cup of tea
flicking through the paper
absentmindedly saying
only the good die young.
all reminders that you're by your self
and you'd blow out all the candles
if you thought you had the breath
but the fifty years of cigarettes
are taking their effect
Once you would have made a wish
now you know that wishes don't come true
cos if you'd had your wish you would have
left with all your friends
Instead you talk to pictures and write letters
you won't send, saying
'when will it all end'?
Don't break your heart over it
Don't break your heart
Don't break your heart over it
Don't break your heart
Save all your tears
Keep your head clear
You're almost twenty one again.
Thought you'd never make it
did'nt want to anyway
drove your mother crazy
telling her it night and day
she'd sit you at the table
make your cup of tea
flicking through the paper
absentmindedly saying
only the good die young.