All this talk of your sweet girlfriend
is startin` to pay off
and the charms that she got from travel
are startin` to wear off
and i heard that you smiled tonight
watching the last of your friends arrive
you smile and shake their hands
and the hero that you hoped you`d be
never seemed to show up
and if i can keep on talking
there won`t be time to give up
and i heard that i drive tonight
into the last of the great sunrises
i smile and wave my hand, as goodbye
things don`t work out by the way
planned it`s almost half past two
and i`ve begun to hate the way you
smile so slowly
and i heard that you close your eyes
and balk at the pain of a thousand wives
and i heard that you died tonight
just close your eyes and it goes away
smile i`ll get you
and when you wake you`re had
goodbye