Leaving

Jet fuel and traffic lines Pulling up to the delta signs Distant shape of my hometown Black stain where the wheels touch down I pick up the morning news I pass the man who's never shined my shoes Through security and to the train That will take me to the airplane Count the miles on the highway (count the miles on the highway) The sum of all my days (the sum of all my days) There's a postcard there's a call (there's a call) And there's a picture for your bedroom wall (bedroom wall) But do you ever wonder through and through Who's that person standing next to you (who's that person standing next to you) And after all the nights apart Is there a home for a traveling heart But if I weren't leaving you (if I weren't leaving, if I weren't leaving you) I don't know what I would do (I would do) But the more I go the less I know Will the fire still burn on my return Keep the path lit on the only road I know Honey all I know to do is go A cup of coffee and my bags are packed (coffee and my bags are packed) The same vow not to look back (same vow not to look back) (if I weren't leaving) Familiar emptiness inside (familiar emptiness inside) As the distances grow wide (if I weren't leaving) And though I vow to memorize (i vow to memorize) The last look in your loving eyes (the last look in your loving eyes) It's here dusk and there dawn Oh it's like a curtain getting slowly drawn But if I weren't leaving you (if I weren't leaving, if I weren't leaving you) I don't know what I would do (I would do) But the more I go the less I know Will the fire still burn on my return Keep the path lit on the only road I know Honey all I know to do is go But if I weren't leaving you (if I weren't leaving, if I weren't leaving you) I don't know what I would do (I would do) (Leaving you) But the more I go it seems the less I know (but the more I go the less I know) Will the fire still burn on my return (will the fire still burn on my return) Keep the path lit on the only road I know (keep the path lit on the only road I know) Honey all I know to do is go --- Leaving - Indigo Girls