Leaving

Jet fuel and traffic lines
Pulling up to the delta signs
Distant shape of my hometown
Black stain where the wheels touch downI pick up the morning news
I pass the man who's never shined my shoes
Through security and to the train
That will take me to the aeroplaneCount the miles on the highway
The sum of all my days
There's a postcard, there's a call
And there's a picture for your bedroom wallBut do you ever wonder through and through?
Who's that person standing next to you?
And after all the nights apart
Is there a home for a traveling heartBut if I weren't leaving you
I don't know what I would do
But the more I go, the less I know
Will the fire still burn on my return?
Keep the path lit on the only road I know
Honey, all I know to do is goA cup of coffee and my bags are packed
The same vow not to look back
Familiar emptiness inside
As the distances grow wideAnd though I vow to memorize
The last look in your loving eyes
It's here dusk and there dawn
Oh it's like a curtain getting slowly drawnBut if I weren't leaving you
I don't know what I would do
But the more I go, the less I know
Will the fire still burn on my return?
Keep the path lit on the only road I know
Honey, all I know to do is goBut if I weren't leaving you
I don't know what I would do
But the more I go it seems the less I know
Will the fire still burn on my return
Keep the path lit on the only road I know
Honey, all I know to do is go