Soon You Will Be Leaving Your Man - Bright Eyes

He always gets so mad things you laugh at

«Don't get so worked up.»

you’d say

But on the back deck you admit that you haven’t felt much

Like laughing lately anyway

And so I say, «that could change.»

I noticed how you waste no time making your way across the room

You leave a wake of tongues still waving after you

And it isn’t no coincidence where you finally choose to stand

I guess soon you will be leaving your man

It’s a sweet smile and then a denial

Hey, you are just trying to be nice

But there is a meaning to every fleeting action you unconsciously decide

The clocks they chime.

Now it’s time

I know you try and play it cool but there are

Some thoughts you just can’t hide

Only in your closest friends do you confide

The way you say you’ll be seeing me

Oh like it’s so offhand

I guess soon you will be leaving your man

You stare at me so boldly now

You have no lack of confidence

It’s just those lessons on sublety you missed

I know you dream of saving me

Like I’m some plane that you could land

But when you fly you’ll be leaving your man