thoughts upon your leaving

my thoughts upon your leaving are
the sudden shock to smell your hair
a last embrace and realize
i'd never noticed this before
and all the things i'd never noticed,
now i'll never know about them,
know about you
where you're going

miss you more than that
i'll miss you more than you should warrant
miss you more than that
i'll miss you more than any of my

thoughts upon your leaving
my thoughts upon your leaving

my thoughts upon your leaving are
a city where I've never been
and how I'll likely never go there
never hear your voice again
and never tell you how that time
you made me laugh
you almost made me so much more than
that and more than i can ever

miss you more than that
i'll miss you more than you should warrant
miss you more than that
i'll miss you more than any of my

thoughts upon your leaving
my thoughts upon your leaving

well, you said something clever
i said something clever back to you
and later on i realized
i'd got the reference wrong
i tried to call you up and tell you
what I really meant to say
but you're not here
and now you'll never know
i meant a different song

i'll miss you more than that
i'll miss you more than you should warrant
miss you more than that
i'll miss you more than any of my

thoughts upon your leaving
never know your middle name
my thoughts upon your leaving
never meet the family dog
thoughts upon your leaving
never know your favorite song
thoughts upon your leaving
never know your childhood best friend's name