Billy Joel - famous last words

노래는 별다른 감정 없이 지난 여름을 회상하는 주인공의 모습에서 시작된다
이별과 작별의 순간이 다가오면서 인생의 이야기를 되새기고, 새로운 전환을 준비하는 마음을 표현한다
하지만 결국 삶의 이야기는 계속 이어지며, 모든 순간이 소중하다는 메시지를 담고 있다

Sitting here in Avalon,
looking at the pouring rain
Summertime has come and gone
and everybody's home again
Closing down for the season,
I found the last of the souvenirs
I can still taste the wedding cake
and it's sweet after all these years

These are the last words I have to say
That's why this took so long to write
There will be other words some other day
But that's the story of my life

There's comfort in my coffee cup
and apples in the early fall
They're pulling all the moorings up
and gathering at the Legion Hall
They swept away all the streamers
after the Labor Day parade
Nothing left for a dreamer now,
only one final serenade

And these are the last words I have to say
Before another age goes by
With all those other songs I'll have to play
But that's the story of my life

And it's so clear standing here where I am
Ain't that what justice is for?
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn anymore

Stack the chairs on the table tops
Hang the sheets on the chandeliers
It slows down but it never stops
Ain't it sweet after all these years

And these are the last words I have to say
It's always hard to say goodbye
But now it's time to put this book away
Ain't that the story of my life