Off He Goes

[00:33.49] Know a man...his face seems pulled and tense...

[00:45.77] Like he's riding on a motorbike... in the strongest winds

[00:56.31] So I approach with tact... suggest that he should relax...

[01:06.59] But he's always moving much too fast...

[01:13.11] Said he'll see me on the flipside... of this trip he's taken for a ride

[01:23.14] He's been takin'... too much on... off he goes

[01:30.70] With his perfectly... unkept clothes... there he goes...

[02:05.81] He's yet to come back...but I've seen his picture

[02:16.34] Doesn't look the same up on the rack...we go way back...

[02:30.30] I wonder bout his insides...

[02:34.81] It's like his thoughts are too big for his size

[02:39.83] He's been taken... where? I don't know... off he goes

[02:47.35] With his perfectly... unkept hope... there he goes...

[03:21.95] And now I rub my eyes... for he has returned

[03:31.97] Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...

[03:42.49] For he still smiles... and he's still strong

[03:53.52] Nothing's changed, but the surrounding bullshit... that has grown

[04:04.05] And now he's home... and we're laughing...

[04:09.06] like we always did... my same old... same old friend

[04:18.59] Until a quarter-to-ten... I saw the strain creep in...

[04:30.12] He seems distracted and I know just what is gonna happen next

[04:40.65] Before his first step... he is off again