See your old clothes on some junky's back Watch your furniture get up & disappear Have pity on those who gotta suffer from their own hand & watch what they have get up & disappear A chapter must be closed A chapter must be closed It can't go on & on & on & on & on & on You gotta shut it down To start it up again It can't go on & on & on & on & on & on I'm not gonna rise up like a phoenix from the fire & fly away Or hold hands with the whole wide world On some endless sunny day Why can't people accept it may just be the way The way it always was They're so wrapped up in fantasy Oh, a chapter must be closed A chapter must be closed It can't go on & on & on & on & on & on You gotta shut it down To start it up again Can't go on & on & on & on & on & on