Count all your jewelry
And your lace
Count all the shoes beneath your bed And
while you're counting all those things
In your head
Try and
rest the sorrow from your face
When you were young you courted
All the pretty boys
And laughed aloud with ones they knew
And soon you
walked and talked and
laughed just like them too
And now you wonder
Oh,
what's become
of you?
Count
all your jewelry And
your lace
Count all the shoes beneath your bed And while you're counting
all those things
In your head
Try and rest the sorrow from your face
When you chose one to be your
husband for your life
You weighed his good points by his gains
His promise of security
was filled and you
felt fine But now in your age
Those mellow years
won't sustain
Count all your jewelry
And your lace
Count all the shoes beneath
your bed And while you're
counting all those things In your head
Try and
rest the sorrow
from your face
Now for
imagination Why you seek out the one
Who'll live a life of
dreams they
build You have no
gifts to share
And you've nothing for no one
Just watch the colors fading
As you start to will
Count all your jewelry And your lace
Count all the shoes beneath your bed
And while you're counting
all those things In your head
Try and
rest the sorrow
from your face