"DON'T WAIT UP FOR ME"

"DON'T WAIT UP FOR ME"

The darkness surrounds her room
As she writes her final note
And makes her bed for the last time
Covers her pyjamas with a coat;
Her friends are at a party
It's already ten past three
All they'll see on the note
Is: "Don't wait up for me."

The moon is bright tonight
The CD plays quite loud
She drives on past the party
Past the drinking crowd;
Conway Twitty's singing
Her favourite: "Hello darlin'"
She stops her trembling as
The snow starts softly fallin'.

She leaves the keys in the car
With another, longer note:
"It's not your fault, Mom & Dad"
Then she climbs into a boat;
The anchor's fastened to her foot
She closes her eyes to see:
Her friends faces as they read
"Don't wait up for me."

They wouldn't even notice much
The tearstains on the page
Or her bird, missing now
From his small, cramped cage;
She releases him to Heaven
From his tiny prison cell
And wonders where she's headed
Probably straight to Hell.

The water looks so peaceful
She hears a lonely sound
It must be her own sobs
There's nothing else around;
He won't even miss her
But it's only him she sees
"Hello darlin', nice to see you"
"Don't wait up for me."