All Would Envy (Live at the O2 World, Berlin, September 21, 2010)

This next song is about an older man and a much younger woman

Tragic, it's called All Would Envy, thank you

Old enough to be her dad but the young men were just mad

They nursed their grievances and she was flattered by his charm

It wouldn't do her any harm they all had their chances

He sent her flowers and limousines and she was treated like a queen

And anything she ever wanted was no problem for a man like him

And everyone expected soon that she could ask him for the moon

If she would wear his ring

Knowing glances from his friends

In the homes at the weekends of high society

But he didn't give a damn, he'd never felt more like a man

And all the time the clock was ticking, yeah

And all would envy the older man and his beautiful young wife

Yes, all would envy

In a house upon the hill, she was there with time to kill

She lived the life she'd only dreamed but life was never what it seemed

To all her friends that she'd ignored she'd deny she was bored

She had no time for dancing, no time for dancing

But the clock upon the wall that was ticking in the hall

Always reminded her that life was going on elsewhere

But she was happy and she'd swear she wouldn't change a thing

And all would envy the older man and his beautiful young wife

Yes, all would envy

Now it's 5 o'clock AM, she must of spent the night again

With that old friend of hers, she loves to dance

She's missing more and more these days

But I'm still stuck in my old ways

Perhaps she needs a little more romance

But the clock upon the wall is ticking in the hall

She must be home soon

Where a younger man would weep he takes a pill and goes to sleep

Now who would envy the older man and his beautiful young wife?

Now who would envy?