Open Ended Life

Pack a change of clothes and a pillow for the road

For when you drift off to sleep

Put the sketches and the notes in the box labeled 'burn with furniture'

We will watch the fire burn the whole entire house we built

Down to ashes

From the mirror we'll admire how the flame quickly retires

We won't waste a long goodbye on the smoke or foolish lies

That finally passed us

I was taught to keep an open-ended life

And never trap myself in nothing

Let's find something new to talk about

I'm tired of talkin' about myself

I spent my whole life talkin' to convince

Everyone that I was something else

And the part that kinda hurts is I think it finally worked

And now I'm leaving

I get the feeling things have changed

But the mystery to me is where and when along the way

Did anyone decide that they believed me

I was taught to keep an open-ended life

And never trap myself in nothing

I was told to keep an open-ended life

To never trap yourself in nothing

When we settle down in another nowhere town

Let's tell our neighbors

We won't be here long and we'll be quiet

But don't go askin' any favors

I can't stand the unexpected uninvited visits

From too many strangers

My trust has dwindled down

And I can leave just as abruptly as I came here

I was taught to keep an open-ended life

And never trap myself in nothing

I was taught to keep an open-ended life

To never trap yourself in nothing

I was taught to keep an open-ended life

And never trap myself in nothing