[Verse 1]
Staring from a cardboard castle
Down and out
One of life's young students
Finds out what it's all about
Paper flutters
Angry taxi drivers shout
From the pages of a paper
Candles shine
On a perfect table
Laid for two who love to dine
They suggest a highly recommended wine
Once again the same old line
[Chorus 1]
Why so sad
My fine young friend
Why so blue
[Verse 2]
Weary carriage horses stand in single file
Someone at a crowded bus stop
Wears a friendly smile
Touching nerves that
No one's heard from in a while
Papers from the same old file
[Chorus 1]
[Verse 3]
Sometimes
When eyes meet you know
They have to meet again
Sometimes
Birds of a feather
Got to fly together
From a dingy attic window
Candles shine
On a perfect table
Laid for two who love to dine
Now they drink the
Highly recommended wine
Free at last and feeling fine
[Chorus 2][x2]
I'm so glad
My fine young friend
Glad for you
[Outro]
You used to be so blue, you used to be so blue
Why so blue