I'll miss you, I'll miss myself when I go away   And when I don't know anyone that's there,    that's when I'll know that I should stay   I carry with me a burgundy balloon    and a book about a seagull that transcends   Every time that I choose not to settle down,    it's like I'm running up a bill with a friend       He comes upstairs and asks me for some help,    I say "Why don't you sit down   I'll lay the answer out in front of you    on condition that you turn it down."   We never talk, we never hangout anymore,    some sort of social defense   The clever way I present my case,    a mending wall that's like a fence      I Know Why because I believe   The more perfect I become    The easier it is to leave      I could say "fare thee well" and pass it off like I don't care   Or we could meet up in St. Louis,    if both of us should happen to be there   I'm like a clown that isn't funny,    as I dance across your door    You're on the verge of something big,    I'm on the verge of something more      Just to leave, Just leave...eventually      I didn't think that you were serious,    it seemed a little bit obscene   Over a meal of blatant contradictions    it was a look I'd never seen   I'm headed west, I'm headed east,    I've got this carpool with the wind   Buy me a ticket to nowhere in particular,    when I get through with this loneliness    that's when I'll know I'm in      Or we could drive across the planet,    I'll navigate if you pay gas   A cast of questionable characters,    a troop of fools until the last   I hear there's still room on the roster,    so said the stranger with the double-sided coin   If there's room for two good people    I don't see why we shouldn't join      I know Why because I believe   The more perfect we become    The easier it is to leave