Things got better when you left, your friends always say thatBut I think you better check your leaving memo contractYou don't get to say, you don't get to say goodbyeAnd I don't want to be the one, but I could try.Things got better when you left, I hang my hat upon itPeople say I'm somewhere else, what's so sad about it?Even though it means, even though it means goodbyeAnd I don't want to be the one,I don't want to be the one hereI don't want to be the one, but I could try.You're not talking and I'm not talkingThe dog's not talking and no one's talking at allWhen you're home.No bark in the street, no bark in the yard, no bark in the houseNext bark is the sound.. of... my own... war for peace.Things got better when you left, so tell your friends about itI've been saying it to myself, that I can't live without it.Even though it means, even though it means goodbyeAnd I don't want to be the one,I don't want to be the one hereI don't want to be the one, but I could try.I don't want to be the one, but I could try.