Fading Lady

Count all your jewelry and your lace
Count all the shoes beneath your bed
And while you're counting' all those things in your head
Try and wrest the sorrow from your face

When you were young, you courted
All the pretty boys
And laughed aloud with ones they knew
And soon you walked and talked
And thought just like them too
And now you wonder of what's become of you

Count all your jewelry and your lace
Count all the shoes beneath your bed
And while you're counting all those things in your head
Try and wrest the sorrow from your face

When you chose one to be your husband for your life
You weighed his good point by his gain
His promised security was fulfilled and you felt fine
But now in your age, those mellow years won't sustain

Count all your jewelry and your lace
Count all the shoes beneath your bed
And while you're counting all those things in your head
Try and wrest the sorrow from your face

Now for imagination
Where you seek out the one
Who live a life of dreams they build
You have no gifts to share and
You've nothing for no one
So just watch the colors fading as you start to wilt

Count all your jewelry and your lace
Count all the shoes beneath your bed
And while you're counting all those things in your head
Try and wrest the sorrow from your face