Off He Goes

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Know a man... His face SEEMED pulled and tense

Like he's riding on a motorbike... in the strongest winds

So I approach with tact... suggest that he should relax

But he's always moving much too fast

Said he'll see me on the flipside

Of this trip he's taken for a ride

He's been takin'... too much on... off he goes

With his perfectly un--kept clothes... there he goes

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He's yet to come back... but I see his picture

He doesn't look the same upon the rack... we go way back

I wonder 'bout his insides... it's like his thoughts are too big for his size

He's been taken... Where? I don't know... off he goes

With his perfectly un--kept hope... there he goes

And now I rub my eyes... for he has returned

Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned

For he still smiles... and he's still STRONG

Nothing's changed but the surrounding bullshit... that has grown

And now he's home and we're laughing

Like we always did... my same old... same old friend

Until a quarter to ten... I saw the strain creep in

He seemed distracted and I know just what is going to hap-pen next

Before his first step... he is off again