When you were youngernBlue eyed boy wondernNever used to pondernOn what life may hidennNow that you're oldernThe nights are so much coldernNever even told hernHow you feel insidennYou were so proudnWith your head up in the white cloudsnShe'd call you so loudnBut you'd never knownnNow that you're wisernYou'd never compromise hernEver day you'd realise hernBut this bird has flownnnAnd you've blown out all your candles one by onenAnd you curse yourself for things you've never donennShe would wait for younIdolise, adore younLove and reassure younYou couldn't let it bennYou let it lingernSlip on through your fingersnSo that SeptembernShe moved across the seannHow your face droppednAnd how your heart stoppednSitting at the bus stopnWhen they told you that she'd gone nnSo you run to the harbour nNeed to tell her that you love hernAs the boat disappearsnYou never felt so alonenn'Cause you've blown out all your candles one by onenAnd you curse yourself for things you never donenWhere were you when her hour of need had come?nNow you curse yourself for things you never donennNow your grandson blonde haired blue eyed handsomenCalls you up from London and sits and asks you whynSo your answer don't be scared of failurenFor the only failure is never to try