Breathe Easy

Her traveler's books Are gathering dust on the shelf Will somebody else read them now? She doesn't need telling She's studied the lie of the land With no slight of hand She shuffles her memory cards 'Til one of them falls into place She hands me her door key As if she were playing an ace Clubs, diamonds, and spades Now I can breathe easy I breathe easy I breathe easy Since she left me Time waves goodbye She sends funny letters Peppered with lines that she stole She'd plagiarize whole paragraphs Of no fixed abode RSVP don't answer back She's almost a stranger A bird that took flight long ago But I wait by the phone for her call A change in the season Precipitates no change at all Spring, Summer, and Fall I wish I could breathe easy I breathe easy I breathe easy Since she left me Time waves goodbye I need somebody To fill up my cup to the brim I'm faltering in midstream Show me the water That washes my memory clean I want to breathe easy I breathe easy I breathe easy Since she left me Time waves goodbye Time waves goodbye