James, he came to my place
He said he had to see my face
He hopes that we can still be friends
In his own way, he’ll love me til the end

And, James, he came to the door
Wanting to know for sure
Why love gets up and goes
I’m sorry, but it had no place to grow
Oh, James. My love for you is stronger, don’t you know?

I’d like to celebrate you, dear
All in all, it’s been a pretty good year
I looked deep within myself
I got scared by just how hard I fell
Oh, James. You broke me, I thought I knew you well.

Oh, you had me
Honey and me, oh, sun and the moon
I’ll be fine by June
I could tell that you weren’t well
Oh, James. You broke me, I thought I knew you well

i’m going on a date tonight
to try to fall out of love with you
i know, I know this is a crime
but I don’t know what else to do

my love, you’re in a magazine
my love, you’re doing fine, you’re on TV
you pull my heart out and then you run away
from Chicago to Cleveland you leave me pain
you leave me pain

when you’re lucid you’re the sweetest thing
i would trade my mother to hear you sing
when you’re lucid you’re the sweetest thing
i would trade my mother

on the bus radio, “Fifty ways to leave your lover alone”
i laughed at the irony
but life is stupid, the irony all lost on me
it got lost on me

when you’re lucid you’re the sweetest thing
i would trade my mother to hear you sing
when you’re lucid you’re the sweetest thing
i would trade my mother

you challenged me to write a love song
here it is, I think I got it wrong
i focused on the negative
the pain was too much to write and sing
oh, it was not a nice incentive

when you’re lucid you’re the sweetest thing
i would trade my other to hear you sing
when you’re lucid you’re the sweetest thing
i would trade my other to hear you sing

when you’re lucid you’re the sweetest thing
i would trade my mother to hear you sing
when you’re lucid you’re the sweetest thing
i would trade my mother

but she don’t know just how far I’d go
would I walk for a hundred miles
for an instant northern smile?