C       Csus4     G    Csus4
I see a girl from afar
C       Csus4       G             G7
I see a light and a rare shooting star
       Am    G                 F        C
but my sweet Marianne, all you see is a man
       Am            G        C
on the wrong side of five and thirty
C       Csus4     G    Csus4
How long it's been since a day
C       Csus4       G             G7
I felt awake and alive in this way
       Am    G                 F        C
but my sweet Marianne, all you see is a man
       Am            G        C      Csus4
on the wrong side of five and thirty
E7                Am      F
   Why should you look at me
           C
What can I offer?
Eb        Bb             F
How can I dare take your hand
C              Csus4
But I wish you well
G        Csus4
Wish you grace
C            Csus4      G          G7
May you find joy in the future you face
        Am      G            C        D
But for now Marianne, in the corner I stand
        F7          G7
With my heart in my hand
      C
And a slow loss of pride
       Cdim
for it seems I reside
       F7            G7
on the wrong side of five
    C      Fm   C
and thirty