Keep in touch with the dreamer, don't let her be a stranger Though her brightest of days only seem to do you harm Here in my back garden I ain't feeling any younger But it's always the right time to tell your mother that you love her No I wasn't hoping to spill the weight of the struggle After all, I'm just an open book whose words tend to twist about Yeah my dreamer's got that way of showing I ain't getting any younger Look how I'm turning my thoughts into friends that grow apart from each other 'Cause I'm happily getting tired Of wanting to be miles ahead Can't expect much from a wave Having never learned to sail 'Cause I'm happily getting tired 'Cause I'm happily getting tired, I'm... Yeah I'm happily getting tired Of wanting to be miles ahead Can't expect much from a wave Having never learned to sail Yeah I'm happily getting tired From this wanting to be miles ahead