[Verse 1]
Phaidon left me today
In his usual way
I made my usual rounds
I formed a barrier reef
And I checked underneath
All the burial grounds
She said
Phaidon left me today
And though he tried to say
His words don't always portray
What's beneath all the fear
Of a life made more clear
Not this endless parade
He said
Don't you think that it's strange
That our lives rearrange
That we can't be alone?
Not that I've seen it all
But as I can recall
I always get where I'm going
Any trace of a doubt
Well, I worked it all out
And I washed it away
She says
I don't know what you're sayin'
But it's hurtin' my brain
And I'm done for the day

[Chorus]
Friday evening
I don't know why I thought it would last
By Sunday morning, accept it as a thing of the past
All I wanted
Was someone at the end of the day
All together
I might be better off this way

[Verse 2]
Telephones on the tracks
Crossing lines, switching back
For another exchange
Passing cars on the right
As we drive through the night
But he keeps changing lanes
I don't know how to try
How to break through this time
Back to his kind of game
And he says
I hope that you'll understand
I can't change who I am
I guess there's no one to blame

[Chorus]
Friday evening
I don't know why I thought it would last
By Sunday morning, accept it as a thing of the past
All I wanted
Was someone at the end of the day
All together
I might be better off this way
All together
I might be better off this way
Oklahoma
Now why'd I wanna get off the range?