You wrote these words on a summer day Fountain pen floating with partial dismay It's a strange business, looking back Seeing just how far you fell
Deacons of war and econo-maze Beating life out of the inanimate (So many moonrises lying in wait) As you turn your collar inside out Counting the number of waves Cresting and breaking Bakers still baking and carpenters making their beds
"Able was I, ere I saw Elba" Able was I?
And they buried me in the ground
You're never too small to leave a mark Oh yea, oh yea, oh yea, Oh.