the time is drawing near
for me to pack away my things
and leave this life behind
and all the things I've known
and all that I've been taught
are only in my memory

**and I'm not sure
I want to go
away so soon

the stomping grounds I've known
for all these twenty years
are many miles away
like scabs from falls at five
I'm sure they'll fade in my mind
I'm scared they'll fade in my mind