I'll Dream Alone - The Magnetic Fields

Long

and lonely nights,

I’ve waited for you

to put things to rights.

Leaving you to do

your thing without

disturbance from me.

Somehow I doubt

you’ll ever be

back.

I’ll keep your things:

if you ever need them,

the phone still rings.

And now that you’re free

of me at last,

your time is your own:

go have a blast

and I’ll dream alone

without you;

I’ll dream alone

if I must;

because I guess our little castle in the sky just turned to dust.

So I’ll dream alone: that’s showbiz.

I’ll dream alone from the end,

and I’ll be trying not to dream of what was once and might have been:

if only I’d known.

I’ll dream alone.

Dreams we had a few

But what kind of dream

beats you black and blue?

I wanted to scream, «don't go away»,

but nothing came out;

all I could say was:

I’ll dream alone

without you;

I’ll dream alone

if I must;

because I guess our little castle in the sky just turned to dust.

So I’ll dream alone: that’s showbiz.

I’ll dream alone from the end,

and I’ll be trying not to dream of what was once and might have been:

if only I’d known.

I’ll dream alone.