Writer in the Sun

[Verse 1]

The days of wine and roses

Are distant days for me

I dream of the last and the next affair

And of girls I'll never see

[Chorus]

And here I sit, the retired writer in the sun

The retired writer in the sun, and I'm blue

The retired writer in the sun

[Verse 2]

Tonight I trod in the starlight

I excused myself with a grin

I ponder the moon in a silver spoon

And the little one 'live within

[Chorus]

And here I sit, the retired writer in the sun

The retired writer in the sun

[Flute Solo]

[Verse 3]

The magazine girl poses

On my glossy paper aeroplane

Too many years I spent in the city

Playing with Mr. Loss and Gain

[Chorus]

And here I sit, the retired writer in the sun

The retired writer in the sun and I'm blue

The retired writer in the sun

[Verse 4]

I bathe in the sun of the morning

Lemon circles swim in the tea

Fishing for time with a wishing line

And throwing it back in the sea

[Chorus]

And here I sit, the retired writer in the sun

The retired writer in the sun, and I'm blue

The retired writer in the sun