You drove me back to a far off place
Where the stares won’t recognise
To give me time to prepare myself
For this overdue surprise
Staring out at the ocean
Watching the tide start rolling in You turn and say that in some strange way
This is, where all journeys begin
And you say that it’s sad but true
You say it’s sad but true
Throw a coin in the wishing well
For all the good years turned to bad
And some for all the children
That we know we would’ve had
You say you’re trying hard to forget
And your smile will never crack
So you move to another town
And you’re never coming back
And you say it’s sad but true
You say it’s sad but true
Say a prayer for the foolish man
Who’d never take a bride
And one for the hungry man
Who will never swallow pride
Say a prayer for the eager eyed
Who’ll lose it all in haste
And a one for this rich man’s son
Who will give away in waste
Spare a thought for the greedy boy
Who has never learned to wait
And the superstitous fool
Who puts it all down to fate
Most of all for this clever man
And the things he always knew
But he never believed
'till he’d seen them all come true
And I’ll tell you that’s sad but true
So you say it’s a sad sad world
And there’s a lot worse things you could see
Like all the starvation and suffering
Well that means nothing at all to me And I’ll tell you that’s sad but true
And I’ll tell you that’s sad but true