I'm going to leave the same way I came Up threw the ashes Then out through the ashes If a house once stood here on this worn foundation Then you sure could have fooled me Though I admit I was a fool for your southern days One hundred and fifty degrees in the shade It wasn't an option to go back to my place I was put in my place After all, we live in separate houses We have for all our lives It sure would have been nice to say I knew you, though I don't worry half as much as I did When I was an experiment Your resident tourniquet lax now about your neck Waiting, just waiting... Waiting, just waiting... When will this sinking feeling Feel like "Man, that was ages ago" I am a mantle You dear, are a painting Come rest your frame on me Come rest your frame on me I was a tower You dear, were an airplane We happened before we knew what was happening It sure would have been nice to say I knew you, though Man, that was Ages ago