Pack a change of clothes and a pillow for the road
for when you drift off to sleep.
Put the sketches and the notes in the box
labeled burn with furniture.
You will watch the fire burn the whole
entire house we built down to ashes.
From the mirror we'll admire how the flame quickly retires.
We won't waste a long goodbye on smoke
or foolish lies that finally pass her.
I was taught to keep an open-ended
life and never trap myself in nothing.
Let's find something new to talk about.
I'm tired of talking about myself.
I spent my whole life talking to everyone that I was something else.
And the part that kind of hurts is I think
it finally worked and now I'm leaving.
I get the feeling things have changed but the mystery to me is where
and when along the way did anyone decide that they believed me.
I was told to keep an open-ended life
and never trap myself in nothing.
I was told to keep an open-ended life
to never trap yourself in nothing.
When we're sad and lonely, we're sad and lonely.
We'll settle down in another nowhere town.
Let's tell our neighbors.
We won't be here long and we'll be
quiet but don't go asking any favors.
I can't stand the unexpected uninvited
visits from too many strangers.
My trust has dwindled down and I can't
leave just as abruptly as I came here.
I was taught to keep an open-ended life,
never trap myself in nothing.
I was taught to keep an open-ended life,
never trap yourself in nothing.
I was taught to keep an open-ended life,
never trap myself in nothing.