Ladies and Gentlemen
before I make this speech
I'd like to raise my glass
and thank you all for the meal
I won't try to conceal my thoughts
or say what isn't true
But I must point out some facts
which I feel may apply to you
Each day sitting smoking talking drinking
walking in the afternoon
On and on you go till soon
You're entertaining all your friends
and constantly on your feet,
you burn the candle at both ends
You're trying hard to make ends meet.
Outside the ladies and gentlemen
the ones in Leicester Square
there in a phone booth
in the mirror I saw a face
for a minute I couldn't place it
for the eyes were so forlorn
the face was white and waxen
and I knew it as my own
Each day sitting smoking talking drinking walking in the afternoon
On and on you go till soon
Coffee in the afternoon gets cold late at night
You burn the candle at both ends
you're trying to put out the light