I watch you reading a book  I get to thinking our love's a polished stone  You give me a long drawn look  I know pretty soon you're going to leave our home  And of course I mind,  especially when I'm thinking from my heart  But life don't clickety clack down a straight line track  It comes together and it comes apart.  You say you hope I'm not the kind  To make you feel obliged  To go ticking through your time  With a pained look in your eyes  You give me the furniture, we'll divide the photographs  Go out to dinner one more time  Have ourselves a bottle of wine  And a couple of laughs  And when first you left  I stayed so sad I wouldn't sleep  I know that love's a gift, I thought yours was mine  And something that I could keep  Now I realize that time is not the only compromise  But a bird in the hand could be an all night stand  Between a blazing fire and a pocket of skies  So I hope I'm not the kind  To make you feel obliged  To go ticking through your time  With a pained look in your eyes  I covered the furniture, I framed the photographs  Went out to dinner one more time  Had myself a bottle of wine and a couple of laughs  And just the other day  I got your letter in the mail  I'm happy for you, its been so long  You've been wanting a cabin and a backwoods trail  And I think that's great...me...  I seem to find myself in school  It's all Ok, I just want to say  I'm so relieved we didn't do it cruel  But ain't life a brook  Just when I get to feeling like a polished stone  I give me along drawn look  It's kind of a drag to find yourself alone  And sometimes I mind  Especially when I'm waiting on your heart  But life don't clickety clack down a straight line track  It comes together and it comes apart.  Cause I know you're not the kind  To make me feel obliged  To go ticking through my time with a pained look  In my eyes  I sold the furniture, I put away the photographs  Went out to dinner one more time  Skipped the bottle of wine  Had a couple of laughs  And wasn't it fine....