Sad But True - Hurrah!

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