You go the distance, the whole country down    Careless and fearless more    You’d say your prayers if only you could    Leaving the very first life       Would it be forward to ask for change?    Three thousand miles from the firing range    Here in the city, the lights are abound    Come up and see me if you’re in town       And when you were leaving    It was never for good    That’s what was said at the station    I saw out your sister and brother and sons    And all my friends and my relations       Some will adore you, others ignore you    The rest will do as they will    Visit your aunt by the ocean    Visit your aunt down by the ocean       There’s more to their deserts than the absence of rain    All kinds of madness I hear exclaimed    Here in the city lights are abound    Come up and see me if you’re in town    Come up and see me if you’re in town    Come up and see me if you’re in town