Loudon Wainwright Iii - Final Frontier lyrics

It's a silly, impractical word Quite often it's rhymed with a bird Or a thing on your hand "All You Need..." sang that band Up over your head, there's a third Silly, impractical word And the number of letters is four Such a big deal should have many more Though "God" has just three There's two in the word "Me" So I suppose less can be more The number of letters is four I thought that I had it when I was just in it It became a battle, I could never win it Each time I won it, I could never keep it When called on to say it, I could never speak it It's a vague and a meaningless word As an idea, completely absurd It's been sung and said It's been written in read It's a fairy tale ending deferred A vague and a meaningless word Back at the final frontier This boarder that's guarded with fear Fifty years and more Waging this boarder war It's a miracle you made it here Back to the final frontier I thought that I had it when I was just in it It became a battle, I could never win it Each time I won it, I could never keep it When called on to say it, I could never speak it Back at the final frontier