I'll miss you, I'll miss myself when I go awaynAnd when I don't know anyone that's there, nthat's when I'll know that I should staynI carry with me a burgundy balloon nand a book about a seagull that transcendsnEvery time that I choose not to settle down, nit's like I'm running up a bill with a friend nnHe comes upstairs and asks me for some help, nI say Why don't you sit downnI'll lay the answer out in front of you non condition that you turn it down.nWe never talk, we never hangout anymore, nsome sort of social defensenThe clever way I present my case, na mending wall that's like a fencennI Know Why because I believenThe more perfect I become nThe easier it is to leavennI could say fare thee well and pass it off like I don't carenOr we could meet up in St. Louis, nif both of us should happen to be therenI'm like a clown that isn't funny, nas I dance across your door nYou're on the verge of something big, nI'm on the verge of something morennJust to leave, Just leave...eventuallynnI didn't think that you were serious, nit seemed a little bit obscenenOver a meal of blatant contradictions nit was a look I'd never seennI'm headed west, I'm headed east, nI've got this carpool with the windnBuy me a ticket to nowhere in particular, nwhen I get through with this loneliness nthat's when I'll know I'm innnOr we could drive across the planet, nI'll navigate if you pay gasnA cast of questionable characters, na troop of fools until the lastnI hear there's still room on the roster, nso said the stranger with the double-sided coinnIf there's room for two good people nI don't see why we shouldn't joinnnI know Why because I believenThe more perfect we become nThe easier it is to leave n