It's never easy, leaving alone Sitting up at the table making numbers turn odd I try to pretend, it doesn't hurt me at all I act so self assured, I act as though I'm adored And I hold my breath as they tell me again It won't be long, it won't be long Go and explore, the world while you can Cause you're just too young, to settle for less And one day you'll find, you haven't got time And there'll be no room, for a bitter decline And I hold my breath as they tell me again It won't be long, it won't be long And I hold my breath as they tell me again It won't be long, it won't be long And all the girls are living with the boys And their bank accounts are becoming joint And everything's moving as it should Well I would if I could, I would if I understood And I hold my breath as they tell me again It won't be long, it won't be long And I hold my breath as I think back to when It won't be long, it won't be long see less