mummy she stayed home

while daddy went to work

and after school we played

and 'round the dinner table we all prayed


we loved our god

who tucked us in our sheets

before the mummy died

before this emptiness destroyed my sleep


don't move away

don't move away from me now

i count on you at night instead of sheep


stuck on the wall

the letter that you sent

gone to new york city, florida

and every other place you went


don't move away, baby

don't move away from me now

you still have the dvd i lent


do you believe that death

will take me when you take your breath

to climates that are miles away

i'll make believe you chose to stay


stay!


now as the years march on

my life just limps along

i just can't find a place

to live, create -- to celebrate your face


you moved away, baby

you moved away from me then

and now the only lovely future is the end

i built a dream

i watched it die

and now the only lovely greeting is goodbye