if you promise me 

you won't leave first 

if you promise me 

you won't leave 

clear the books of the pictures 

summers between six and nineteen 

you were younger 

take them all off the wall 

so you can see us all 

alone and you're older 

all for me and my 

gemini 

why can't i 

watch out for july 

gemini 

eaten alive 

from the inside 



remember nights when we used to drive 

i'm surprised that we're still alive 

you didn't have any headlights on your car 

we used to drive so slow 

stick our heads out the window and breath in the night

you and lou at the U. '62 

take a ride when cells divide 

cause kansas doesn't make a continent 

it just kills you 

way out west 



gemini 

why can't i 

watch out for july 

gemini 

eaten alive from the inside 



and if you promise me 

you won't leave first 

if you promise me 

you won't leave 



all the things we'll miss you doing 

stick around for kissing cousins 

tasting blood you've got suspicions 

convictions that carry you back home



gemini 

why can't i 

watch out for july 

gemini 

eaten alive from the inside 



i think i'm tasting your blood again 

have to have a suspicion 

take a trip to the doctor 

i wish that you were here right now 

you said that you would never leave me 

but now it looks like you're leaving 

time is all we wish for a kiss if you were here right now



clear the books of the pictures 

summers between six and nineteen 

you were younger 

take them all on the wall 

so you can see us all 

alone and you're older



and you'll say 

if you promise me 

you won't leave first

and if you promise me

that you won't leave