It's much easier of me to make a monster out of you

Lover, and now that you've left me, I'm glad you're unlovely
'Cause if you could take all the heat in your heart and just hang it from you

I wouldn't be able to bear the way you cannot love me
It's much easier of me to make a monster out of you

And so here I go, substituting the glow from your temples
All our sighs and our trembles, and each last letter sent you
From the cheap little pen of this weak little man, the one singing

Out his jangling, ringing and hopefully stinging attack upon you

Yeah, so here I go, just exploding the hope we'll be speaking
Some day, years from now, seeking friendship and understanding
Yeah, I hope you get angry, and hurt, and have the hardest of landings
And I hope your new man thinks of me when he sees what a number I did on you

I grow tired of this song, turn my eyes to the blonde in the bleachers
She's a lovely young creature
I think she's seeking adventure
I think she's ready to see that the world ain't so sweet nor so tender
I won't break her, just bend her, and make her into my new ringer for you

I stay in the same comfy town

Write the same old songs down

Drive the same streets
Seek the same sense of dull peace

Whisper the same sweet words to the chippies

The same walk by the road 

And where the same muddy snow's finally leaving
But I'll fight off the spring

I don't want lovely things
I don't want the earth new

Goodnight my love

Goodnight my love
Remember me as you fall to sleep
Fill your pockets with the dust and the memories
That rises from the shoes on my feet

I won't be back here
Though we may meet again

I know it's dark outside
Don't be afraid
Every time I ever cried from fear
Was just a mistake that I made
Wash yourself in your tears
And build your church
On the strength of your faith

Please
Listen to me
Don't let go
Don't let this desperate moonlight leave me
With your empty pillow
Promise me the sun will rise again

I too am tired now
Embracing thoughts of tonight's dreamless sleep
My head is empty
My toes are warm
I am safe from harm