Written by: Barry Gibb Robin Gibb Maurice Gibb (1967) Lead vocals: Barry Gibb Robin Gibb Album: First (1967) Transcript by Luis Alberto Gonzales | Many years have passed it seems And now I’m all alone I’ve sent the children far away To some obscurer home It’s so sad, so sadClose another door Listen to my eyes Close another door You’re much too old to work So why won’t you run away? When I was young I used to say That age won’t bother me The life I had was very sad It all went out to sea So sad (so sad), so sad (so sad) Close another door Listen to my eyes Close another door You’re much too old to work So why won’t you run away? Though the sun is in outside The rain is in my hair Now all my life is lived inside My home is in my chair So sad (so sad), so sad (so sad) Close another door Listen to my eyes Close another door You’re much too old to work So why won’t you run away? Let me go Send me flowers and put me on a plane I may be old But I’ve been told At least I’m still around Find me a life to live through it and send me off And I’ve been working so, so very hard And being young but now I’m tired Ah, I said I’m old I said I’m old now And I’ve been working, working, working very hard Ah… |