[Intro]
This is where the helicopters came to take me away
This is where the children used to play

[Verse 1]
This is only half a mile away from the attack
This is where my life changed in a day, and then it changed back
Buried in the din of rotor noise and close explosions
I do my best to synthesize the sounds and my emotions

[Verse 2]
This is where the allies bombed the school, they say by mistake
Here nobody takes me for a fool, just for a fake
Later at the hotel bar, the journalists are waiting
I hurry back to my guitar while they're commiserating

[Chorus]
And I'll be leaving soon
I'll be leaving soon

[Verse 3]
Just as soon as we were on the ground we were back in the jet
Just another three-day foreign tour we'd never forget
It's hard to sympathize with all this devastation
Hopping 'round from site to site like tourists on vacation
[Chorus]
And I'll be leaving soon
I'll be leaving soon

[Bridge]
I can't help anyone 'cause everyone's so cold
Everyone's so skeptical of everything they're told
And even I get sick of needing to be sold

[Verse 4]
Though it's only half a month away, the media's gone
An entertaining scandal broke today, but I can't move on
I'm haunted by a story and I do my best to tell it
Can't even give this stuff away, why would I sell it?
Everybody's laughing, while at me they point a finger
A world that loves its irony must hate the protest singer

[Chorus]
So I'll be leaving soon
I'll be leaving soon
I'll be leaving soon
I'll be leaving soon