We all start out as beautiful as spring A midnight summers dream So innocent we look upon ourselves And we wish the whole world well In the end we want it all In the end we take it all In the end apart it falls In the end there's nothing We bear no scar in our conscience Clean and smooth We kiss the breast of youth As our eyesight fades with age We put on horn-rimmed gla**es And we work our lives away Buy the pearl Sell the world