Helen, Oh I

So I left the boys in Germany and went and got a flight on my own

Said, "I gotta go, meet up down the road"

And I knew it's our last chance, and so I flew you out to France to my show

But I didn't know, no, I should've known

That tryin' to rebuild would only lead to us fallin' apart

'Cause Paris stole your heart, Paris stole your heart

In every line of my notes, every song that I wrote

Off the pages you glow

In every line of my notes, every song that I wrote

Off the pages you glow

So I'm rippin' out the pages and I put them to the flame

I'm screamin', "Helen, oh I, Helen, oh I"

I hate to see you go, but I just had to watch you glow

Oh, just one final time, one final time

Helen, oh I, Helen, oh I

I hate to see you go, but I just had to watch you glow

Oh, just one final time

And when you leave my lips, you know you launch a thousand ships every time

Inside of my mind, inside of my mind

And so I give into your forces and I send my wooden horses to find

The place you reside, the pages you hide in

In every line of my notes, every song that I wrote

Off the pages you glow

In every line of my notes, every song that I wrote

Off the pages you glow

So I'm rippin' out the pages and I put them to the flame

I'm screamin', "Helen, oh I, Helen, oh I"

I hate to see you go, but I just had to watch you glow

Oh, just one final time, one final time

Helen, oh I, Helen, oh I

I hate to see you go, but I just had to watch you glow

Oh, just one final time, one final time

Now, there's no afterglow from the pages I wrote

All that's left of you is smoke

All that's left of you is smoke

So now I'll never hold ya, I don't know why I never told ya

All the things you should've known, yeah

You should've known, yeah

I never told ya

What I'm gonna do, what I'm goin' through

What I wanna see, who I wanna be

When I get older, I never told ya

Told you what I wanna do, what I'm goin' through

What I wanna see, who I wanna be

When I get older, I never told ya

Told you what I wanna do, what I'm goin' through

What I wanna see, who I wanna be

When I get older, I never told ya

Told you what I'm gonna do, what I'm goin' through

What I wanna see, who I wanna be

When I get older, I never told ya

I never told ya