Verse 1: Reflecting from my deathbed I’m balancing life’s riches against the ditches and the flat gray years in between All I can see are the never-laid That’s the never-played symphonies Verse 2: I can’t see those who tried to love me All those who felt they understood me and I can’t see those who very patiently put up with me All I can see are the never-laid Or the never-played symphonies C -> C7 Chorus: You were one you meant to be one and you jumped into my face and laughed and kissed me on the cheek and then were gone forever ...not quite Verse 3: Black sky in the daytime and I don’t much mind dying When there is nothing left to care for anymore Just the never-laid the never-played symphonies Chorus: You were one you knew you were one and you slipped right thru my fingers No not literally but metaphorically and now you’re all I see as the light fades