And I see there's someone
You think of more
And they're going up in smoke
On the steps by my front door
And if you count the ways the days change
From summer into fall
You weren't around for very long at all
I'm a clever mathematician
All those numbers neat and small
I'm familiar with the equation
The winner they take it all
So when I'm looking out for what's coming
Won't take a crystal ball
You won't be 'round for very long at all
When I'm hanging back and watching
Those steps you take as one
Each private glance, each heated look
They sure can weigh a ton
But to that gathered audience
A curtain it must fall
They can't be 'round for very long at all
"All those nights I slept beside you"
Can't truly be said of us
Save a couple of times on borrowed sheets
Full of a stranger's must
Out of the corner of my eye
Should've caught those moving arms
And turned the clock right back again
Before it'd do me harm
Before it'd do me harm
When those snowflakes started falling
On that bitter and blinding morn
I was cold and wet and wailing
Like the day that I was born
But once bitten, twice shy, you'll remember
So when I hear you call
I won't be 'round for very long at all
I won't be 'round for very long at all
I won't be 'round for very long at all