It frightens me when you come to mind   The day you dropped in the shopping line   And my heart beats faster when I think of all the signs   When they carried you out your mouth was open wide   The cat went astray and the dog did pine for days and days   And we felt so guilty when we played you up   When you were ill, so ill   What sticks in my mind is the sweet jar   On the sideboard. And your multicolored tea cosy   What sticks in my mind is the dew-drop hanging off your nose   Shrivelled up and blue   And I'm getting older, too   But I don't want to die like you   Don't want to die like you