Map of Vietnam

Keeping count of cigarettes
The "are we're nearly there yets"
Get out of the car if you can't hack it
Embroidered on the back of your jacket
Are flowers and a map of Vietnam
A paraphrase, St Peter and

You're supposed to look me in the eye before you leave
Give me something to hold on to
Uncross your wires or pretend to cry
So I can honestly believe you
Oh, I'm about to be the greatest man you've ever seen
You can spend your life telling all your
Other lovers that I'm somewhere that you've been
Oh, come on, say it

By the time that you come back
I'll have memorized my starter pack
The Milky Way, the stars that bleach
A night into an endless beach
But point you in the wrong direction
I'm just scared of more rejection

How does one just disappear
Look in the hat and out of fear
I'll find someone that's worth the risk
A real desert island disk
Or SOS that no one saw
A tape cassette for dinosaurs

I built my house up in the trees, oh what a breeze
I wanted somewhere I could watch you
I wasn't planning for a storm
And so I only saw the preview
Oh, please don't tie my hands behind my back and make me say it
I love you more than anyone I've met but that won't sway it
I'll only blow it

I knew you once
I knew you once
Didn't I?
I knew you once
I knew you once
Didn't I?
You're leaving me behind
You're leaving me behind

You're supposed to look me in the eye before you leave
Give me something to hold on to
Cross your fingers and pretend to die
And still I wanted to believe you
Oh, I'm about to be the greatest man you've ever seen
You can spend your life telling all your
Other lovers that I'm somewhere that you've been
I wish you'd say it