Some things are just better when you do them with someone else So listen to me please it’s for the good of your health Like waking up in winter or smoking in the bath Enjoy what you’ve got while it lasts We’d been up in the mountains Where the air was cool and clear And the engine’s scream for mercy Was all that you could hear Past mansions on the hillsides And bursts of Spanish broom We came down to Barcelona And found ourselves a room We sat out on the fire escape Until the day was done That was then and this is now I’m taking tea for one Easter time, I was trying to run Away from it all I was trying to be a “hero” Beside the Berlin wall But the wall was an attraction For the millions like me Who come to stare at bullet holes And imagine history Now history’s repeating And the fire bell has rung Let’s all forget the past again Let’s all have tea for one Tea for one I’ll have tea for one It’s not fair to say I’ve turned my back on anyone You didn’t want me anyway When all’s said and done You say, let’s move on And I’ll have tea for one Farewell to Dolce Vita And goodbye Betty Blue It’s the end of cafe culture And weekend rendezvous Who needs coffee anyway? It’s bitter and it’s black Bonsoir to joie de vivre To Freude and the craic There’s no more drinking white wine In the red setting sun I’ll just leave and take what’s mine And I’ll have tea for one - Tea for one…