Left And Leaving Lyrics

The song Left And Leaving is performed by The Weakerthans in the album named Left & Leaving in the year 2000 .



My city's still breathing (but barely it's true)
through buildings gone missing like teeth.
The sidewalks are watching me think about you,
sparkled with broken gla*s.
I'm back with scars to show.
Back with the streets I know
Will never take me anywhere but here.
The stain in the carpet, this drink in my hand,
the strangers whose faces I know.
We meet here for our dress-rehearsal to say " I wanted it this way"
Wait for the year to drown.
Spring forward, fall back down.
I'm trying not to wonder where you are.
All this time lingers, undefined.
Someone choose who's left and who's leaving.
Memory will rust and erode into lists of all that you gave me:
a blanket, some matches, this pain in my chest,
the best parts of Lonely, duct-tape and soldered wires,
new words for old desires,
and every birthday card I threw away.
I wait in 4/4 time.
Count yellow highway lines that you're relying on to lead you home.




The Weakerthans - Left & Leaving

Aug 2000

  1. Everthing Must Go!
  2. Aside
  3. Watermark
  4. Pamphleteer
  5. This Is A Fire Door Never Leave Open
  6. Without Mythologies
  7. Left And Leaving
  8. Elegy For Elsabet
  9. History To The Defeated
  10. Exiles Among You
  11. My Favourite Chords
  12. Slips And Tangles


Left And Leaving