The Parting

[Verse 1]
We dont part like a dockers last round
Down the hatch boys - sinking into free fall
We can't part like a catkin, falling from an aldar tree
Bursting in the air with pollen and promise and memory

[Verse 2]
Sometimes the summer leaves without a refrain
Sometimes your face, a picture in my minds frame
Out of my head like a werewolf, in a drunken tryst
The comfort of a body, but your name upon my lips

[Chorus]
We better leave like a heron leaves the river
There's always a murmur, a ripplе or a quiver

[Verse 3]
We don't part like a Hollywood еnd
Too many strings and syrup and hearts that never mend
We can't part like a blackbird from its final tune
Little by little, the wind might carry it to the dune

[Verse 4]
Today we're caterpillars
Tomorrow butterflies
Painted like Caravaggio
Across a summer sky
You'll go your way and I'll go mine
A parting dance, kaleidoscoping just outta time

[Chorus]
We better leave like a heron leaves the river
There's always a murmur, a ripple or a quiver