I woke up Tuesday morning, staring at the ceiling
Hoping for deliverance from the distances in you

This room feels like an oven
Somewhere south of nowhere and north of nothing
And I'm barely out of Tuesday
Seen seven hours of Wednesday
And I guess I've got regrets
Well, maybe you could leave a light on
Leave a light on for me

Can you see her waiting there down by the sea?
With a hat on over her eyes and looking for me
If you see me coming home, turn me away
Everybody tries to go back somewhere someday

She kept me at a distance
And fifty-two weeks later, we're still the same
I'm standing in my basement, making my arrangements
And waiting for the telephone to ring, to ring, to ring

So I left for Minnesota where the weather's getting colder
And the people are changing
Well, maybe you could leave a light on
Leave a light on for me
Oh, can you see her waiting there down by the sea?
And have arrangements to meet there for a while
And baby, if you see me coming home, turn me away
Everybody tries to go back somewhere someday

And if all this distance ain't gonna bring you to me
Then what's the point of all this patience?
It's not your nature, you just keep what you need
And you got some pictures of me

I woke up Wednesday morning, sometime Wednesday evening
Hoping for a piece of something easy to believe
When you live out on the border of everything and nothing
There's nothing but waking and dreaming
And I'm barely out of Tuesday
No one to receive me and nothing is changing
Well, maybe you could leave a light on
Leave a light on for me

Oh, can you see her waiting there down by the sea?
There's a light on, but there's nobody waiting for me
And if you see me coming home, turn me away
Everybody tries to go back somewhere someday

Everybody tries to go back somewhere someday
Everybody tries to go back somewhere someday
Everybody tries to go back somewhere