‘Tis better that we own the truth
‘Tis better that at last we see
That promises of golden youth
In old age bring but misery
‘Tis better that we part today
Than leave a chance for future woe
‘Tis better that we each may say
‘Tis better so ‘Tis better so
 
‘Tis hard in lives as young as ours
To face the knowledge that we’ve err’d
‘Tis hard to leave behind the flowers
‘Tis hard to say the parting word
‘Tis harder still when youth has gone
To close our hearts to what we knew
‘Tis sad to think that both were wrong
‘Tis sad for me ‘Tis sad for you.