Errant Love

She said I'm moving back to Worcester You can come with me or not After twenty-five years of marriage He thought he'd give it a shot What she couldn't tell him What he couldn't hear Was that she didn't love him And hoped he disappear They say love is blindness, but I I think it's really fear That puts you on that long road that takes you A thousand miles from there A thousand miles from there He said I took that job in Shanghai You know it's good for my career I promise I'll come back for you, but Now it's been five years What he couldn't tell her What she couldn't hear She wasn't his priority and He just disappeared They say love is blindness, but I I think it's really fear That puts you on that long road that takes you A thousand miles from there A thousand miles from there She said I'm smoking my last cigarette And then I'm quitting cold But the damage had already settled in Her lungs were just too old What she couldn't tell him What he couldn't hear The habit's bigger than both of them and Her life just disappeared So often hard to tell When an open door's a trap Some honest words could have saved us Now there's no turning back They say love is blindness, but I I think it's really fear That puts you on that long road that takes you A thousand miles from there A thousand miles from there A thousand miles from there A thousand miles from there