She left this morning
She left no forwarding card
I watched her pack
And without looking back
She drove out of the yard

"Friends are only ghosts" she said
"They fade and fall apart"
They never stick around
When the going gets hard-nosed, strong-boned
Stick-impervious, diamond stoned

And it's only names that really hurt
Take me anywhere from here, I'm not asking
I'll do anything to disappear from here
I don't like thinking that maybe something I did was wrong

I didn't understand her,
and suddenly she didn't belong
People come and go, one day they're here,
the next they're gone

Paranoia isn't pretty,
but it sure makes you strong-bones
Hard-nosed, unimpressible, indisposed
So call me the names that really hurt

Take me anywhere from here, I'm not asking
I'll do anything to disappear from here
Your life is just a movie in which you wish we never had starred
But right back at the start I bet there's scene that makes you hard-nosed
Strong-boned, stick-impervious, diamond-stoned

And it's only names that really hurt
Take me anywhere from here, I'm not asking
I'll do anything to disappear
So take me anywhere from here


Polly Paulusma