You've Let Yourself Go - Live

So we're alone again tonight, I read a book, you watch the fight
 A stifled yawn, a can of beer, what an enthralling atmosphere
 And yet the sight of us this way, helps me to say what I must say
 It helps me to think a thought or two, to pass it right along to you
 And just for starters you should know I think
 You've let yourself go
 Down through the years each sage repeats, grass never grows on busy streets
 Which might explain that balding spot, were you a thinker, which you're not
 And where's that slender youth I knew, I fear he's grown an inch or two
 Not up and down my joy and pride but more precisely side to side
 When at a party, now and then, you tell the same old jokes again
 Or wear a lampshade for a hat, who could be wittier than that
 With one too many you just might, pick some unnecessary fight
 Though in the morning with the sun, you can't remember what you've done
 If there's regret, it doesn't show, you know
 You've let yourself go
 You never care the way you dress, you stay unshaven, you look a mess
 The smallest thing is too much to do, I even hold the door for you
 And every rose upon the shelf, is one that I've supplied myself
 It's not the same, I'm well aware, yet I need to see them there
 I don't know why I say it now, why I don't hold my tongue somehow
 But I just need to tell it all, no matter where the chips may fall
 But as I sit and reminisce, there are so many things I miss
 The reassurance of your touch, the gentle smile that said so much
 You were my tender, thoughtful beau
 I couldn't hate you if I tried, and I still want you by my side
 We oughta lay things on the line, perhaps the fault is really mine
 And if it is, please tell me so, a seed replanted still can grow
 Maybe that's all we need to know, come close to me and let yourself go