A L M O S T a B a B Y

so, who is not dishonest, right from the word go? who put the I before promise? it was you because I said so... from the word go when I was nearly a child you were almost a baby it is not time that decides you don't get to play me... almost a baby almost a baby now as the world divides and it's all forks and knives now I live a thousand lives All of them tainted, I'm tainted standing tall in my shade you were almost a baby ne'er had call to be afraid Well, not until lately... almost a baby when I was nearly a child a'playin' knock-a-door-run s'bold, gentle and wild Now where has that boy gone?... knock-a-door-run knock-a-door-run we are now civilised I'm the creative one devising alibis and I am going, I'm gone, I'm wasted when I was nearly a child you were almost a baby