(You're Leaving For) England

Well you're leaving for England in an hour

And your hair is wet

You just got a shower

Here, I made you sandwich

And I'll make you a promise

While you're gone

I'll continue my carrying on

Carrying debt and carousing 'till dawn

While I wait on the word on

Which trade I should lay

My hands upon

You calmed my recovery

From the Jungian discovery

That every human being

Has a shadow

And a persona they show

I was bleeding into a memory

Of an evening most clumsy

But a new day is coming

And it's time to move on

So I'll be leaving

For the cabin in the dark

All alone

In an unlicensed car

With the stars and the highway

And the snow in my headlights

It'll look like

Deep space hyper-drive

Since my recovery from the

Self-imposed othering

I am a lighter human being

With a shadow

Halfway under control

So I would really like to thank you

For setting an example

Of getting over oneself

And on top of the ball

All winter, spring, summer and fall