Sweet Misery - Janis Ian

All that matters in the end

Are the good times that have been

Living’s tiresome, killing a sin

Death is easy if you’ve been

And you don’t think of the bad times when you’re dying

I don’t believe you hear what I say

Don’t bar the windows, keep out of my way

I’ve got so little time to pray

I want to have fun

I got no time to take from my games

To pay my dues riding box-car trains

Throw me a pillow-fight, let’s go and play

I like to run

So hurt no one else

Put your cares on a shelf

And come along with me

Sweet misery

It don’t matter if you’re six or sixty-three

Once you have lost your hold on the dream

Forget that you’re human — become a machine

You’re old and you’re tethered

But if you’d really like to be free

Take hold of the dream, grab it with me

You’ve got to take whatever you need

'Cause now is forever

So hurt no one else

Put your cares on a shelf

And come along with me

Sweet misery

All that matters in the end

Are the good times that have been

Living’s tiresome, killing a sin

Death is easy if you’ve been

And you don’t think of the bad times when you’re dying