we ve been crippled in love short changed hung out to dry we ve chalked on the walls a slogan or two about life stood dazed in the doorway the king and queen of clowns we ve been flipped like a coin both of us landing face down so please please let me grow old with you after everything we ve been through what s left to prove so please please please oh please let me grow old with you we ve been living with sorrow been up down and all around we ve buried our feelings a little too deep in the ground stood dazed in the doorway the king and queen of clowns we ve been flipped like a coin both of us landing face down so please please let me grow old with you after everything we ve been through what s left to prove so please please please oh please let me grow old with you but tied to the same track the two of us look back at oncoming trains ahead how many more times can we lay on the line watching our love hang by a thread  so please please let me grow old with you after everything we ve been through what s left to prove so please please please oh please let me grow old with you so please please let me grow old with you after everything we ve been through what s left to prove so please please please oh please let me grow old with you