What am I gonna do about Betty I love her and she loves me But we can't be together much So here I am with you in Venice Watchin' the storm come in Watchin' the storm come in Watchin' the storm come in What am I going to do about the president He has hope and so do you But sometimes I have none of it And sometimes I feel too damn old But here I am with you in Venice Watchin' the storm come in Watchin' the storm come in Watchin' the storm come in What am I going to do about my mother She's not getting any younger And I've not been the best of sons But here I am with you in Venice Watchin' the storm come in Watchin' the storm come in Watchin' the storm come in What am I going to do about marriage
Will I wait as long as my dad did And then my son will have a father Who's grown old before his time But here I am with you in Venice Watchin' the storm come in Watchin' the storm come in Watchin' the storm come in What am I going to do about life Put it off some 30 years now Waiting for someone or something To tell me yes it's starting now But here I am with you in Venice Watchin' the storm come in Watchin' the storm come in Watchin' the storm come in Betty and I can't be together The president can do what he likes My mother's fine and my father's dead And life is always life, and I'm just Watching the storm come in Watching the storm come in Watching the storm come in