Going Away

Please don't forget me
I'm going away
I'm taking a taxi to Kentucky where they don't need to know
All about me
I just need to feel safe
I've got a thousand sweaters and shoes and paintings to hide
The skeletons in my bed

(Don't ask where I'm going)

I'm going away
I'm going my way
Finally it's my time to be lonely and lost,
Unloved, and I can't wait

Don't forget what I said
Don't forget my letter
Every night I pray for you. I don't got no religion
Isn't that something? I'll miss those days

I saved that bottle
It's now ten years aged
I've got some bibles I could sell for money
And a pair of fresh shaved legs

Won't you, baby, come with me?
I've got extra space
In my car, in my heart, in my mind, look there's the passenger seat
By the postcards you gave

(Don't know where I'm going)

I'm going away
I'm going my way
Finally it's my time to be lonely and lost,
Unloved, and I can't wait

Don't forget what I said
Don't forget my letter
Every night I pray for you. I don't got no religion
Isn't that something? I'll miss those days

But he said, "Slow down. Slow down.
Think it over. We've all got wretched closets,
But silly girl, pride kills more than AIDS

Lately." I said, "Come on.
I've thought it over. I don't want to die here.
I've no desire to get married."

I can't race the others anymore
No
I must learn to race myself

I'm going away
I'm going my way
Finally it's my time to be lonely and lost,
Unloved, and I can't wait

Please forgive what I said
Please forgive my letter
(I'll find my way)
Every night I pray for you. I don't got no religion
Isn't that something? I'll miss those days

I... I...
I'm not going half way
(I'll find my way)

I... I...
Every night I pray for you. Don't believe in heaven
Or that it could be a happy place

I...
I'm going away