An Icicle In The Sun

I know you're brilliant and young

You're like an icicle in the sun

You sparkle and you shine, okay

And one day soon you'll melt away

Fade away, melt away

Do, do do do, do do do do, do do do...

Do, do do do, do do do do, do do do...

It's 6'o clock, and growing colder

And nobody looks out on the bay

But now they're sparking up the window

Well I can see her cry

The water glistening in her eye

Trickle down and caught the line

And crash down, quenching-

Yeah you're brilliant and young

But no one said it's any fun

I know you heard somebody say

"Every dog must have it's day," -It's not your day, bark away

Do, do do do, do do do do, do do do...

Do, do do do, do do do do, do do do...

It's 8'o clock, I'm growing older

She wonders why they stay away

It just don't fit in like it used to

The meter's running out

She gets another shooting-out

She sighs and then she settles down

Another evening...

I know you're brilliant and young

You burst and now your time has come

Where I stand to look, okay

Well I remember you this way, come this way, don't delay

Play the worn out tape, the one that has you smiling

Play the parts with ease, where even they survive

Turn the volume down, and all the old excuses

The ones that said "I Do"

I would if I could, it's true

'Cause when you're old there's nothing new

But just remember

When you're brilliant and young

It's sad to see what you've become

And you just want to shake and shout

Leave somewhere, they're going out

And straighten them among the crowd

The cobbles in the blackest shroud, ooh ooh

When you're brilliant and young

You're like an icicle in the sun, number one, rule of thumb

Do, do do do, do do do do, do do do...