Famous Last Words
Sitting here in Avalon, looking at the pouring rainSummertime has come and gone and everybody's home againClosing down for the season, I found the last of the souvenirsI can still taste the wedding cake and it's sweet after all these years
These are the last words I have to sayThat's why this took so long to writeThere will be other words some other dayBut that's the story of my life
There's comfot in my coffee cup and apples in the early fallThey're pulling all the moorings up and gathering at the Legion HallThey swept away all the streamers after the Labor Day paradeNothing left for a dream now, only one final serenade
And these are the last words I have to sayBefore another age goes byWith all those other songs I'll have to playBut that's the story of my life
And it's so clear standing here where I amAin't that what justice is for?Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn anymore
Stack the chairs on the table topsHang the sheets on the chandeliersIt slows down but it never stopsAin't it sweet after all these years
And these are the last words I have to sayIt's always hard to say goodbyeBut now it's time to put this book awayAin't that the story of my life