The One

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