Leaving You

I can't go on like this anymore, restless when I am at your side So I'm leaving home for a distant shore, or whatever I may find Ten years ahead lies the picket fence, three kids and all of my happiness But I can't pretend in the present tense -- won't you understand, love? I am leaving you anyway So why don't you smile? I will come back for you someday so miss me for a while My dreams are teaming with emerald hills, while I'm wrapped in sheets of kelly green So I gaze and lean into windowsills, where my truth might yet be seen You know that I'm not a selfish guy, this is the best for both of us But you're still so beautiful in my eyes -- won't you wait for me, love? I am leaving you anyway (I am stronger so I) So why don't you smile (So I am letting you go) I will come back for you someday (Someday might never arrive) So miss me for a while