The Folksinger's Contract

Has it hit you yet 'Cause it's dawned on me Like a sunrise on summer solstice Way up in the Arctic Sea Now there's no denyin' We can't keep lyin' To each other To ourselves About the things that we once felt We spend all day walkin' hand in hand Actin' like we both understand You say you'll be fine Say you'll be patient Try it all over again But when the time comes for us to part You start actin' like I've done left you in the dark I try to give you my love But you turn it away And we argue all over again 'Cause the things you want need roots and soil And the path I walk will cause turmoil You wanna talk about sustainability Let's talk about it realistically 'Cause I'm gone all year from spring to fall Even winter I'm barely here at all You want a lover in your bed But I'm sleepin' on strangers' couches instead We'll spend all night makin' love til dawn Hash it out when the morning comes You say you'll be fine I say I'll be faithful Start it all over again But when the time comes for me to leave This time for much longer than a week You'll be silent at the table And break down when I speak 'Cause I knew right from the start This would only break your heart But you swore to me you could handle it Swore to me you'd be fine It's a tangled web we weave And you can count on me to leave I'm not the one to have and hold you But maybe in another life We'd have a big old house where we both could live Some dogs and cats and a couple of kids In another life maybe Not this time around I got a ramblin' soul I lead a nomad's life I'm married to the joys and strife Of a world out on the road One I gotta walk alone Yeah, a world out on the road One I gotta go my own