Close Another Door

Many years have passed it seems
And now I'm all alone

I've sent the children far away
To some obscure old home

And it's so sad
So sad

Close another door
Listen to my eyes
Close another door
You're much too old to work

So won't you run away?

When I was young
I used to say
That age won't bother me

The life I had
Was very sad
It all went out to sea

So sad
So sad

Close another door
Listen to my eyes
Close another door
You're much too old to work

So won't you run away?

And though the sun
Is in the sky
The rain is in my hair

Now all my life
Is lived inside
My home is in my chair

So sad
So sad

Let me go
Send me flowers
And put me on the place
I may be old
But I've been told
At least I'm still alive

Why me young?
Why don't you wrap me up and send me home?
I've been working so very hard at being younger
Now I'm tired

I'm so tired
I've been a-working
Working hard
Hard all my life