Experience

Lyrics

[Chorus] Here's to Emily, old age and memory Here's to the people who live in a shell Here's to Emily, one for poor Ebony One for the road where pedestrians dwell [Verse 1] So self-assured, complacent and bored Our hero opens a box on the shelf Containing advice, so worldly and wise Welcomes his children to help themselves [Chorus] Here's to Emily, old age and memory Here's to the people who live in a shell Here's to Emily, one for poor Ebony One for the road where pedestrians dwell [Verse 2] He hasn't time for riddle or rhyme Too busy biding machines at the plant He married young, his past is his pocket Beginnings and endings escape from this ant [Chorus] Here's to Emily, old age and memory Here's to the people who live in a shell Here's to Emily, one for poor Ebony One for the road where pedestrians dwell [Verse 3] Baptized, materialized, no time to realize Caught in the current and drowned in the well In about fifty, stubborn and empty Hands out the world for his children to sell [Chorus] Here's to Emily, old age and memory Here's to the people who live in a shell Here's to Emily, one for poor Ebony One for the road where pedestrians dwell [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] Here's to Emily, old age and memory Here's to the people who live in a shell Here's to Emily, one for poor Ebony One for the road where pedestrians dwell