Thermometer Song

Early this morning
 when you kissed me goodbye
 you said, "Don't wait up for me tonight."
 I felt awful
 and I wish to God
 that I'd had a chance to brush my teeth
 well, it's a shame
 the mercury
 is trapped inside
 this thermometer's case
 it will never
 be free again
 never again
 Sometimes
 when the afternoon train pulls away
 like in a dream
 you wish could go
 on and on all night
 I am alone
 and you'll have to
 force him to eat
 the lunch you prepared so long ago
 Early this morning
 when you kissed me goodbye
 you said, "Don't wait up for me tonight."
 So I didn't
 I went straight up to bed
 I guess I need to sleep a bit more than you
 I had a dream
 so trivial and tedious
 it would be a disgrace
 if I ever
 met you again
 never again
 Sometimes
 when the afternoon train pulls away
 like in a dream
 you wish could go
 on and on all night
 I am alone
 and you'll have to
 force him to eat
 the lunch you prepared so long ago
 Sometimes
 when the afternoon train pulls away
 like in a dream (like in a dream)
 you wish could go
 on and on all night
 I am alone (I am alone)
 and you'll have to
 force him to eat
 the lunch you prepared so long ago