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When I was 10 years old
I always needed to be told,
That I should not be frightened
By the fact that we grow old.

But as the days slipped by
I felt the pressing need to cry,
I quickly understood exactly
Why they’d had to lie.

In the daylight, I could cope
Because the sun seemed full of hope,
And I laughed enough for two grown men
And learned I could tell jokes.

But sadness has a subtle face
And in it came to gloat,
We heard about the girl and boy
Hung by their skipping rope

Isn’t it too hard to conceive?
Doesn’t it bring you to your knees?
And all I want to do is to float with the river so free

Now fear is not a gentle thing,
Although it has no fists.
It crawls down through your thoughts
And ties you by your skinny wrists

Death will take your lips from you
So that you cannot kiss,
But fear will leave you screaming
Out for all the love you’ll miss

And I had a friend who thought
He knew exactly where he stood,
A place in heaven safe for him
As long as he did good.

But life and love ran through his veins
And opened up his mind,
Now he’s got his gun but a new terror
Sings at night

Isn’t it too hard to conceive?
Doesn’t it bring you to your knees?
And all I want to do is to float with the river so free.

And Larkin is the master in this poetry of fear
But he could never capture what cried darkly in his ears
And he would understand that though I wrote
These words to sing,
These petty verses cannot hope to tell you anything.

Isn’t it too hard to conceive?
Doesn’t it bring you to your knees?
And all I want to do is to float with the river so free.

So everyday I’ll stop these thoughts
Before they take a hold,
Lie here in my bed pretending that
I won’t grow old.

And maybe when I’m 84
I’ll sit and sing this song,
Just hope that if I do that then
This fear is dead and gone.