[Verse 1]
I ain’t too good with goodbyes, so could I, just dip out like an Irish drunk
Excuse me from this bar, before my time is up
I see ‘em lining up, for some great gig in the sky
Just hope I have a ticket, as I smoke a cig in line

Cuz I’m just trying to experience everything that this life offers
So excuse my departure, my inevitable falters
You can read the best authors, and go to the box office
But greatest lessons are the ones that life taught us

I head to the city of wind, to a pay dividend
Cuz what’s the benefit, to living like you’re scrimmaging
Tainted images, changed businesses, erased kinship
Is what we go through everyday in this shit

I had to make a switch, cuz I didn’t feel a thing
No one likes the song that a caged bird sings
And I ain’t heard a thing, to keep me from worrying
But I seen the rest go, so now it’s my turn to leave

[Hook]
I wanna be somewhere better
I wanna feel something different
I wanna go somewhere better
Felt like something’s been missing

[Verse 2]
If you taught me anything, it’s leave before you are left
I take a hard breath, I cough phlegm
It’s hard to rest, I still got something caught it my chest
I talk to friends, god bless, we’re all stressed

Are we coming of age, or getting to the age?
To face the real world and put those dreams away
Tried to crawl out of the hole in some feeble way
I got my feelings hurt, and said some shit I ain’t mean to say

My whole life was un-Earthed then, I felt deserted
Felt like I didn’t deserve this, held back like perchant
They sliced the rope, I was gone in a cloud a smoke
A bound of hope, the only thing that I’m about to hold

A couple of hard bouts, a couple of long droughts
A couple of wrong turns, turned my life upside down
I ain’t about to stay stuck in this same spot
Because life goes on, whether you’re with it or not

[Verse 3]
If you taught me anything, it’s to leave while you’re still loved
That’s why all our heroes die or are killed young
After the effects from the pill’s gone, are we still strong
You’ve been forewarned, now here’s my swan song

After this song’s done, I’ll be long gone
Nostalgia has a tendency to reappropriate memories
I’ll forget some things, then you can be a friend to me
For now just let me be, let’s keep the ending sweet

Just getting started approaching a quarter century
Hope I’m getting smarter and I send my sympathies
To those girls who have fire in they eyes when someone mentions me
And to my friends who drink dark beers, have a drink on me

I won’t be forgetting you, anytime soon
I know that time moves, with the fury of a monsoon
We can age gracefully, or fight to stay young
When the day’s gone, I’ll always remember where I came from