When you see your shadow in the late afternoon
Do you wish you were taller, do you wish you were newer?
Oh, I'd like to help you

When everyone's so pretty but you still feel alone
Do you wish you were younger, do you wish you were home?
Oh, would you let me kiss you?

I lived twenty-two years in the perfect moment
And never even noticed
I lived twenty-two years in the perfect moment
And no one even noticed
Except you

We'll live together in the perfect moment
Just you and me and the nurse to wheel you around
I'd bring you up to the world of the living
Above all the taking and aching and giving
Oh, you know I'd love you

I lived twenty-two years in the perfect moment
And never even noticed
I lived twenty-two years in the perfect moment
And no one even noticed
Except you

We'd be almost perfect in the spring daylight
Like a couple of locusts creaking at night
Can't you see it?
I'd cut your food so you can chew it
And paint you a picture and teach you how to do it
I'll be everything you ever needed
And I'll love you too

We'll live together in the perfect moment
And be happy
We'll live together in the perfect moment
And grow old
We'll live together in the perfect moment
And be happy
We'll live together in the perfect moment
And grow old
Happy