Long Goodbye

You know I've driven all night

But the landscape screams your name

You know I've driven through hell

Where your face spreads like a flame

You know the air vents rusted

And the light bulbs blown

And you're playing tycoon on the telephone

While I'm playing for time in the midnight hour alone

I see you're riding through life

On a storm you can't dismount

You know the number of times

That you hurt me, I just lost count

I know your smiles so warm

But you're causing grief

'Cause you've taken my tongue

In your flashing teeth

And you ruined my soul

'Cause your love's still out of reach

You never say the things that you feel

I need to work out which emotion is real

No point in staying when you won't try

If you don't want me, I gotta know why

Your love just lingers in a long goodbye

You know I've driven all night

Just to see your silhouette

You know I've driven all night

But I don't have one regret

I saw the front doors open, a projector gleam

They were playing our past on a naked beam

You were playing back scenes of your triumphs on the screen

You never say the things that you feel

I need to work out which emotion is real

No point in staying when you won't try

If you don't want me, I gotta know why

Your love just lingers in a long goodbye

You know I've driven all night

As the highway melts with fire

You know I'm driving on ice

As the elements conspire

You know I've seen the future

But it's far too soon

You were dancing alone on our honeymoon

And I was dripping with fear

In the scent of your perfume

You know I've driven all night

But my love for you won't die

You know I'm livin' the hell

Of a lover's long goodbye