so i sit on this table for one and pour me a drink that ll last i m not drunk i just miss being young and i grew old so fast my wife she breaks and she bends my children they don t understand i came here tonight in search of a friend but i m the invisible man cause i ve swallowed my tongue and i ve polished my gun and i ve sat on my secrets for years with my stiff upper lip my composure won t slip and i ve hidden each silent salty tear i sit on this table for one and i have been here before it s a little less than i d had in mind but i wouldn t ask for more and my mother she taught me to write and my father he taught me his trade and i wish that they could both be here tonight to see what a mess i ve made cause i ve swallowed my tongue and i ve polished my gun and i ve sat on my secrets for years with my stiff upper lip my composure won t slip and i ve hidden each silent salty tear my sons and my daughters don t know me at all i ve dug in trenches and put up walls i whisper i love you each night as they sleep but no one hears me when i speak on this table for one so i sit on this table for one i won t go till they tell me to leave why d they teach me to follow my dreams when dreams are all they can be 