Tom Verlaine

Looking back, I should have known

All the nights that I spent in outer space

If in fact, I had said no

What becomes of this? It's hard to say

I'll feel better with the breeze on my back

And I'll sleep better knowing it's in the past

Looking back, I should have known

All the nights that I spent in outer space

Cigarettes and old regrets

Piled in a stack out in the back of my brain

When you walk away

Better be for good

I put my money on a horse

Who won't be steered on any course or lane

And if I ever see a dime

You'd take that money to divide and separate

When you walk away

It better be for good

I know you'll be there in the rain

Glowing like the first night

Telling me you've changed

I know you'll be there in the rain

Glowing like the first night

Trying to explain

That when you walk away

It's gonna be for good

You were my Tom Verlaine

Just sitting on the hood