I saw you out walking down Westbourne GrovenYou caught my eye and your arm it rosenIt rose in the sky, oh ever so highnBut it wasn't, my dear, to wave to menIt was simply to hail a big black taxinWhich you jumped in as fast as you possibly couldnWell you know my dear I'm not made of woodnAnd my name may be Birch dear, but I'm not a treenAnd I can see you ignoring menAnd I'm beginning to thinknthough I'm open to swaynEven when we're old and greynI think you might see me and look the other waynJust like you did only the other daynWe'll sit in th park with our grandchildren dearnAnd you'll catch my eye and shout come over herenBut it won't be me that you're calling dearnIt'll be your young Jimmy or Jenny or JacknAnd one of us will have near heart attacknGrandad, grandad what's wrong with younWhy oh why are we rushing to the zoonShut up Jimmy stop your talkingnGrab my hand and keep on walkingnAnd I'm beginning to thinknthough I'm open to swaynEven when we're old and greynI think you might see me and simply look the other waynJust like you did only the other daynI know that you'll say this is all in my mindnAnd I'm prone to delusionsnAnd things of that kindnWell now it's been well over a yearnAnd there's no more time for shadding a tearnYes you left and I behaved badlynBut you know at that timenI loved you so madlyndon't be mean don't be mean, don't be mean don't be meanndon't be mean don't be mean, don't be mean don't be meannAnd I'm beginning to thinknthough I'm open to swaynThat even when we're old and greynI think you might see me and look the other waynJust like you did only the other daynGoodbye dearnGoodbye