Thoughts For a Newly Old Lover

It was all because of me that you left last saturday

But there were things about me I knew you'd never abide

So darling while you're out there for your sake

Putting your clothes on by some lake

Here’s hoping you're with a man who'll stand to stand aside

When you visit your old boyfriend on am amtrak to florida

You know the one I mean that old marine who could never tell you no.

Find a man to wipe your chin when you mix ecstasy and gin

Like I used to do for you not so long ago.

They say uncommon love is found from the great height to the ground

And that love is capable of amazing things if you'll ask it

So I hope you find a new boyfriend who knows how to was another man's clothes

When he's at spin city sorting through his laundry basket.

This old town is a strange address and it seems to get more that way than less

So I'm sure you'll have no problem finding your feet

With a doctor or a lawyer or some nor tom sawyer

Or any carpool charlie tooling down the street.

And you can walk the streets of tokyo or the streets of tennessee

One man says I got to go and one says girl wait for me.

Well I've heard both those lines from you a little too often to forget it.

So if I said you were going to end up a heartbroken drunk dear...

Well I'll be giving you too much credit.

It was all because of me that you left last saturday

How much more time should we take for thoughtful woe?

I'll spend this whole pint toasting you and everyone you're off to do

If it was all because of me you had to go.