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He picked up the map and smiled to himself As he pictured the flight of the crow And thought, 'What a book, that shows you your route But tells you not if you should go' And the days ricochet like the bullets whistle past The horse and the lone cavalier And the years fly by, like arrows from the sky Yet closer to foot soldier's ear Travelled the world, I sailed the high seas Plenty of times that I've been leaving This time I'm going, and I ain't coming back I've done my fair share of breathing Stay on this planet just one minute more What is it that I'll be achieving? This time I'm going and I ain't coming back I've done my fair share of breathing He looked in the mirror and tutted out loud And he ran his hands right through his hair He could blame all the brushes and combs in the world But the good stuff was no longer there See, geography's searching for someone And history's digging for same SongtexteScience is proving the earth is still moving Whilst suffering this level of pain Travelled the world, I sailed the high seas Plenty of times that I've been leaving This time I'm going, and I ain't coming back I've done my fair share of breathing Stay on this planet just one minute more What is it that I'll be achieving? This time I'm going and I ain't coming back I've done my fair share of breathing How come they built the graveyards so big? How come they saved all that space? They must have known we were coming Could they tell from the look on our face? So one January day, they'll take you away At the bottom of a drive in the cold Nose to the ground, fingers frozen around The bouquet of flowers you hold Nose to the ground, fingers frozen around The bouquet of flowers you hold Travelled the world, I sailed the high seas Plenty of times that I've been leaving This time I'm going, and I ain't coming back I've done my fair share of breathing Stay on this planet just one minute more What is it that I'll be achieving? This time I'm going and I ain't coming back I've done my fair share of breathing Aus Songtexte Mania