Stages

Thank you for your generosity

This is a gesture of compassion to the elderly

You know, I was talking with some of the guys

Some of the guys in this band are kind of

You know over the hill

And they were talking about the

Various stages that a man goes through

In relation to his allure to the opposite sex

It was not a scientific evaluation

Just something that arose over a cup of coffee

It went something like this:

You start off irresistible

And, then you become resistible

And then you become transparent

Not exactly invisible, but as if you are seen

Through old plastic

And then you actually do become invisible

And then, and this is the most amazing transformation

You become repulsive

But that’s not, that’s not the end of the story

After repulsive, you become a cute

And that’s where I am

Yeah, my friends have gone and my hair is grey

And I ache in the places where I used to play

And I'm crazy for love, but I'm not coming on

I'm just paying my rent every day

In the Tower of Song

I'm just paying my rent every day

In the Tower of Song

Now, I said to Hank Williams: how lonely does it get?

Oh, Hank Williams he hasn't answered yet

Oh, but I hear him coughing all, all night long

Yeah, a hundred floors above me

In the Tower of Song