Fame is but a [bad word] tree
So very unsound.
It can never flourish
Till it's stalk is in the ground.
So men of fame
Can never find a way
Till time has flown
Far from their dying day.
Forgotten while you're here
Remembered for a while
much [bad word] From a much outdated style.

Life is but a memory
Happened long ago.
Theatre full of sadness
For a long forgotten show.
Seems so easy
Just to let it go on by
Till you stop and wonder
Why you never wondered why.

Safe in the womb
Of an everlasting night
You find the darkness can
Give the brightest light.
Safe in your place deep in the earth
That's when they'll know what you were really worth.
Forgotten while you're here
Remembered for a while
much [bad word] From a much outdated style.

Fame is but a [bad word] tree
So very unsound.
It can never flourish
Till it's stalk is in the ground.
So men of fame
Can never find a way
Till time has flown
Far from their dying day.
 [bad word] tree, [bad word] tree
No-one knows you but the rain and the air.
Don't you worry
They'll stand and stare when you're gone.
 [bad word] tree, [bad word] tree
Open your eyes to another year.
They'll all know
That you were here when you're gone.