Don't leave this world to me.

Well you drove off in the summer rain 

I waved to you like a sleeping dream 

Told me to stay callous if someone bothered me 

"The Eiffel Tower, the marching band 

But I'm sure you wouldn't understand" 

I just hope you don't stay gone

Don't leave this world to me

I saw your mother in the department store 

She looked innocent like a still-born 

But all I could think about was the sting 

Since you've gone nothing's been the same 

The wind don't sing and the sky's so dim 

I've seen her staring up to it saying

Don't leave this world to me

When the winter calls to war 

When the spring sets in once more 

When the summer starts to sing 

When the fall comes marching in 

You'll leave this world to me