Stay awake, stay awake now honey
We still got a long way home
And the road might disappear
If I don't hear your voice rolling along the line
Like the spinning wheels
Cuz I can't, I can't pull this weight alone
I need you like I need my lungs
So we can soak up that oxygen
And it makes me wonder
Why it's keeping us alive just to break us down
For every place I leave I say so long
I may not be around
So long
If you see me again
I'll be a different man, yeah
Cuz even now, from across the country
I can stand the coldest wind
While the roots are tangled up
Reaching for that ancient river flowing steady underground
Cuz all we can hope for, really
Is to be grateful
Is to be necessary
Is to be useful
Later on, when we don't need money
I'll be sleeping in California
And I won't feel anything
And I won't remember the weight of your body on mine
And I hope to say
Farewell, I love you honey
I've gone chasing that little white light
I've gone swimming in the tiny chemicals
That make me feel like I gotta turn up straight to heaven when I die
So long
I may not be around
So long
If you see me again
I'll be a different man
So long
I may not be around
So long
If you see me again
I'll be a different man, yeah