Sooner or Later You're Gonna Have to Do Something About Me

From the back seat of a cab see the lights over that bridge
That stands holding up the skyline just as patient as a pyramid
Though I'm never ready to go
Maybe it's early, maybe it's late
But I ain't run out of reasons
Run out of reasons yet to be wide awake

So you can put flowers around my neck and carry me through the streets
But baby sooner or later you know you're gonna have to do something about me
Before it's too late...

After we've been at the bar
After we've been to the show
After we've paid our regards to every man, woman and child we've ever known
Though I need them all surrounding me
Though I need them all the time
I need to say good morning to the sun before we can say goodnight

So let me dress you up in downtown
Everything begged, stolen and borrowed
Now won't you let me sew a thousand sequins to your sorrows
Oh let me help you see
Sooner or later you're gonna have to do something about me...

Before we get too far away...
So you can put flowers around my neck and carry me through the streets
But baby sooner or later you know you're gonna have to do something about me
Before it's too late
Before it's too late...