Melancholy Man - The Wake

Some people say that I’m a melancholy man

When all is said and done

It’s just the way I am

The sun is blazing as I wander into town

A long grey overcoat which trails along the ground

And when I’m walking past the children in the park

They stop their games, they shout my name

And run behind my back

If only they could see how happy I can be

But sometimes they must look away

Or so it seems to me

I think I’ll always be a melancholy man

I know when all is said and done

It’s just the way I am

But if you have the time

Please listen while you can

Does anybody understand?

I’ll always be a melancholy man

(Instrumental Chorus)

The sky is blue today

Here in your nowhere land

And how are you today, my melancholy man?

You saw us looking through a window of a bus

We smiled at you but you didn’t smile at us

And when you’re old and grey

Your days are at an end

You’ll wish that you had someone who

You could call a friend

Yet only I can see how happy you can be

Oh, sometimes they must look away

Or so it seems to me

I think I’ll always be a melancholy man

I know when all is said and done

It’s just the way I am

But if you have the time

Please listen while you can

Does anybody understand?

I’ll always be a melancholy man

When all is said and done, my melancholy man

The sky is blue today, my melancholy man

«And when no hope was left in sight

On that starry, starry night

You took your life as lovers often do

But I could have told you, Vincent

This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you»

As beautiful as you, my melancholy man