[Lyric] Life Is a Long Song (Ian Anderson)

When you're falling awake and you take stock of the new day
And you hear your voice croak as you choke
On what you need to say
Well, don't you fret, don't you fear, I will give you good cheer
Life's a long song, life's a long song, life's a long song
If you wait then your plate I will fill

As the verses unfold and your soul suffers the long day
And the twelve o'clock gloom spins the room
You struggle on your way
Well, don't you sigh, don't you cry, lick the dust from your eye
We'll meet in the sweet light of dawn

As the Baker Street train spills your pain all over your new dress
And the symphony sounds underground puts you under duress
Well, don't you squeal as the heel grinds you under the wheels
Life's a long song, life's a long song, life's a long song
But the tune ends too soon for us all