Ain't Life A Brook

I watch you reading a book
 I get to thinking our love's a polished stone
 You give me a long drawn look
 I know pretty soon you're going to leave our home
 And of course I mind,
 Especially when I'm thinking from my heart
 But life don't clickety clack down a straight line track
 It comes together and it comes apart.
 You say you hope I'm not the kind
 To make you feel obliged
 To go ticking through your time
 With a pained look in your eyes
 You give me the furniture, we'll divide the photographs
 Go out to dinner one more time
 Have ourselves a bottle of wine
 And a couple of laughs
 And when first you left
 I stayed so sad I wouldn't sleep
 I know that love's a gift, I thought yours was mine
 And something that I could keep
 Now I realize that time is not the only compromise
 But a bird in the hand could be an all night stand
 Between a blazing fire and a pocket of skies
 So I hope I'm not the kind
 To make you feel obliged
 To go ticking through your time
 With a pained look in your eyes
 I covered the furniture, I framed the photographs
 Went out to dinner one more time
 Had myself a bottle of wine and a couple of laughs
 And just the other day
 I got your letter in the mail
 I'm happy for you, it's been so long
 You've been wanting a cabin and a backwoods trail
 And I think that's great... me...
 I seem to find myself in school
 It's all Ok, I just want to say
 I'm so relieved we didn't do it cruel
 But ain't life a brook
 Just when I get to feeling like a polished stone
 I give me along drawn look
 It's kind of a drag to find yourself alone
 And sometimes I mind
 Especially when I'm waiting on your heart
 But life don't clickety clack down a straight line track
 It comes together and it comes apart.
 Cause I know you're not the kind
 To make me feel obliged
 To go ticking through my time with a pained look
 In my eyes
 I sold the furniture, I put away the photographs
 Went out to dinner one more time
 Skipped the bottle of wine
 Had a couple of laughs
 And wasn't it fine...