Her traveller's books
Were gathering dust on the shelf
Will somebody else read them now
She doesn't need telling, she's studied the lie of the land

With no slight of hand she shuffles her memory cards
'Til one of them falls into place
She hands me her door key as if she were playing
An ace, clubs, diamonds and spades

Now I can breathe easy
I breathe easy, I breathe easy
Since she left me
Time waves goodbye

She sends funny letters C
Peppered with lines that she stole
She'd plagiarize whole paragraphs
Of no fixed abode RSVP don't answer back

She's almost a stranger, a bird that took flight long ago
But I wait by the phone for her call
A change in the season precipitates no change at all
Spring, summer and fall

I wish I could breathe easy
I breathe easy, I breathe easy
Since she left me
Time waves goodbye

I need somebody to fill up my cup to the brim
I'm faltering in midstream
Show me the water
That washes my memory clean

I want to breathe easy
I breathe easy, I breathe easy
Since she left me
Time waves goodbye
Time waves goodbye