Off he goes

 
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Know one man...  his face seems pulled and tensed... 
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Like he´s ri - ding on a motor - bike... in the strongest winds... 
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So I ap - proach with tact... suggest that he should relax... 
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But he´s always moving much too fast... 
 
 
 
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Said he´ll see me on the flip - side... of this trip he´s taken for a ride. 
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He´s been takin´... too much on... off he goes 
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with his perfec - tly... unkept clothes... there he goes... 
 
 
 
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He´s yet to come back... but I see his picture... 
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Doesn´t  look the same up - on the rack... We go way back... 
 
 
 
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I wonder bout his insides... it´s like his thoughts are too big for his size... 
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He´s been taken... Where? I don´t know... Off he goes 
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with his perfec - tly... unkept hope... there he goes... 
 
 
 
 
 
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And now I rub my eyes... for he has returned 
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Seems my precon - ceptions are what should have been burned... 
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For he still smiles... and he´s still strong... 
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Nothing´s changed but the sur - rounding bullshit... that has grown... 
 
 
 
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And now he´s home and we´re laughing... 
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Like we always did... my same old... same old friend... 
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Until a quarter to ten... I saw the strain creep in... 
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He seemed dis - tracted and I know just what is going to happen next... 
 
 
 
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Before his first step... He is off again... 
 
 
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