when i was small and christmas trees were tall we used to love while others used to play don't ask me why but time has passed us by someone else moved in from far away now we are tall and christmas trees are small and you don't ask the time of day but you and i our love will never die guess who'll cry come first of may the apple tree that grew for you and me i watched the apples falling one by one and i recall the moment of them all the day i kissed your cheek and you were gone now we are tall and christmas trees are small and you don't ask the time of day but you and i our love will never die guess who'll cry come first of may when i was small and christmas trees were tall do do do do do do do do do don't ask me why but time has passed us by someone else moved in from far away.

i started a joke which started the whole world crying but i didn't see that the joke was on me oh no i started to cry which started the whole world laughing oh if i'd only seen that the joke was on me i looked at the skies running my hands over my eyes and i fell out of bed hurting my head from things that i've said till i finally died which started the whole world living oh if i'd only seen that the joke was on me i looked at the skies running my hands over my eyes and i fell out of bed hurting my head from things that i've said till i finally died which started the whole world living oh if i'd only seen oh no that the joke was on me oh no that the joke was on me ohhhh ohhh ohhh ohhhh ohh no.

there's a light a certain kind of light that never shone on me i want my life to be lived with you lived with you there's a way everybody say to do each and every little thing but what good does it bring if i ain't got you ain't got you baby you don't know what it's like baby you don't know what it's like to love somebody to love somebody the way i love you in my brain i see your face again i know my frame of mind you ain't got to be so blind and i'm blind so so so blind i'm a man can't you see what i am i lived and i breathed for you but what good does it do if i ain't got you ain't got you baby you don't know what it's like baby you don't know what it's like to love somebody to love somebody the way i love you oh no you don't know what it's like baby you don't know what it's like to love somebody to love somebody the way i love you no no no no no no no you don't know what it's like you don't know what it's like you don't know what it's like....

feel i'm going back to massachusetts something's telling me i must go home and the lights all went out in massachusetts the day i left her standing on her own try to hitch a ride to san francisco gotta do the things i wanna do and the lights all went out in massachusetts they brought me back to see my way with you talk about the life in massachusetts speak about the people i have seen and the lights all went out in massachusetts and massachusetts is one place i have seen i will remember massachusetts i will remember massachusetts i will remember massachusetts i will remember massachusetts...