Lyrics

She said I’m moving back to Worcester
You can come with me or not
After twenty-five years of marriage
He thought he’d give it a shot

What she couldn’t tell him
What he couldn’t hear
Was that she didn’t love him
And hoped he disappear

They say love is blindness, but I
I think it’s really fear
That puts you on that long road that takes you
A thousand miles from there
A thousand miles from there

He said I took that job in Shanghai
You know it's good for my career
I promise I’ll come back for you, but
Now it’s been five years

What he couldn’t tell her
What she couldn’t hear
She wasn’t his priority and
He just disappeared

They say love is blindness, but I
I think it’s really fear
That puts you on that long road that takes you
A thousand miles from there
A thousand miles from there

She said I’m smoking my last cigarette
And then I’m quitting cold
But the damage had already settled in
Her lungs were just too old

What she couldn’t tell him
What he couldn’t hear
The habit’s bigger than both of them and
Her life just disappeared

So often hard to tell
When an open door’s a trap
Some honest words could have saved us
Now there’s no turning back

They say love is blindness, but I
I think it’s really fear
That puts you on that long road that takes you
A thousand miles from there
A thousand miles from there
A thousand miles from there
A thousand miles from there