Without Permission - The National

Oh, well I just don’t know

How you could go without permission

Cause where (well?) if you’re not there

Well I just don’t care for this omission

Every moment brings me down when you’re not around

But all I’m asking for is come back for just one day

So where did you go

And do you now know how to be happy

Cause here well it’s pretty clear

When you’re not near me I am unhappy

Every moment brings me down when you’re not around

But all I’m asking for is come back for just one day

And make it worth the while just to see your smile

That’s all I’m asking for

Oh I’ve come to know

You had to go without permission

Cause it was how, how I wore you down

And how I dragged you round my sole ambition

Every moment brings me down when you’re not around

But all I’m asking for is come back for just one day

And make it worth the while just to see your smile

That’s all I’m asking for, my dear