I leave again All along the howlin' road I'm gone again Oh, the wheels blow All alone in a bed that I've never seen I follow strange dreams I've mistaken the sheets for the skin I can't reach I leave again Hide in plain sight I'm gone again Always nothing on this side They can't face All alone in a bed that I've never seen I follow strange dreams I've mistaken the sheets for the skin I can't reach In a bed that I've never seen I follow strange dreams I've mistaken the sheets for the skin I can't reach And I play nice to my girl Bet I find a way to change And I play nice to my girl Bet I find a way to change

(I swear I'll never leave again) Mirror on the wall, can you tell me who I am? I think that I forgot, so remind me once again Maybe I was going too fast Babe, I'd give it all to go back (yeah-ea-eah) Baby, I'm better, I promise Know that I've never been honest Maybe I never forgot it (forgot it) Daily reminder, tattoos of tigers Cigarette lighters, laughter and cider (Daily reminder, tattoos of tigers Cigarette lighters, laughter and cider) (Swear I'll never leave again) (Forgot it) (Babe, I'd give it all to go back) (Swear I'll never leave again) Oh (oh) Oh (yeah) (Yeah-yeah-yeah) I don't deserve this, all in your arms All your forgiveness, I don't belong I swear, I swear I'll never leave again (Daily reminder, tattoos of tigers Cigarette lighters, laughter and cider Maybe I was going too fast Babe, I'd give it all to go back) So this is love? Just hold me close, I'll never leave I won't let go Oh, I swear I'll never leave again

In a spaceship over the mountains Chasing rainbows in the setting sun Leaving heart and home for the city of angels I feel my life is undone There are pathways winding below me In pleasure I've gone where they go In the quiet stillness I can hear symphonies The loveliest music I know How can I leave you again? I must be clear out of my mind Lost in a storm I've gone blind Oh, how can I leave you there? Oh, it's been a long time since I've listened Still longer since I've walked with you For the first time I know what I'm missing Some answers are no longer true So I question the course that I follow I'm doubtful, deep in despair My heart is filled with impossible notions Can it be you no longer care? Still, I ride on the wings of a high wind Blowing steady and strong behind me As the clouds surrender my fate is for certain I'm a sailor who runs to the sea But how can I leave you again? I must be clear out of my mind Lost in a storm I've gone blind Oh, how can I leave you there? How can I leave you again? I must be clear out of my mind Lost in a storm I've gone blind Oh, how can I leave you there?

I hope you're spending Christmas with your family I hope you're writing songs that you love I hope you're feeling happier than you've ever been And I hope I never leave me again I hope you're hiking that old trail in West Meade And I hope you and Jane are talking more I hope the top is off the Jeep, and you're driving in the wind And I hope I never leave me again For a while the shoe fit But then I outgrew it And staying only made me get real good at pretend So, I hope I never leave me again I hope to remember all the pieces Of who I was that I lost on the way I hope I learn to love myself like I loved you then And I hope I never leave me again For a while the shoe fit, yeah But then I outgrew it And staying only made me get real good at pretend So, I hope I never leave me again, ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh I hope when I see you that you smile I hope that you find somebody new I hope that you get the house and the good wife and the kids And I hope I never leave me again Yeah, I hope I never leave me again