Following Every Finger

i remember one day you
 said you'd leave for a while
 i thought some people should never smile
 i thought what a spot you put her in
 but the realness of each answer
 was put in question by each grin
 and it was a goodbye off a television
 you talked full and fast with no seams of indecision
 full and fast your defense against her grief
 if your mind was on a mission
 it was a mission of relief
 and oh you're out following every finger
 oh to still a doubt but still it linger
 you just have to be an animal
 to hear her overtones
 through the letters and through the phones
 you been on that trail like a cause of birth
 not to have what you track down
 but to find out what it's worth
 and oh even big girls cry
 you kept everything so clean
 all that soap hurts her eyes
 you kept everything so clean
 it might have slipped your mind
 the knot was small but
 the knot was tight
 and oh you're out
 following every finger
 oh to still a doubt but still it linger
 you just have to be an animal
 to feel her overtones
 through the letters and through the phones
 you been on that trail like a cause of birth
 not to have what you track down
 but to find out what it's worth
 and it's so tough keeping
 every time fair
 just to love once
 without having to care
 just to love once without
 cracking the spell
 of relaxing into a pleasure
 that you know so well
 and oh you're out
 following every finger
 oh to still a doubt but still it linger
 you just have to be an animal
 to hear her overtones
 through the letters
 and through the phones
 you been on that trail
 oh you been on that trail
 you been on that trail
 since you were born
 not to have what you track down
 but to find out how it's worn
 landing only when your wings hurt
 you're out following every finger