You were planning to stay in
you had a carefree plan
your coat was hanging in the hall
your hat was in your hand
you walked over to your woman
your pale, distracted love
was trying to put the wrong hand
into the wrong glove
ah, you're leaving dear
ah, you're leaving dear
ah you're leaving dear
ah, you're leaving me behind
ah you're leaving dear
ah she's leaving one kiss at a time
So you start reading all the books
all the magazines
just to get a better understanding
your brain feels like it's dead
your eyes hanging out of your head
you were hoping for something less demanding
well, lady sees staring out at you
from the photo book
and a man with an eyepatch
and a bent and bloody hook
you wished to God that you'd never went and took a look
'cuz you see in that moment, that you know
that she's leaving you,
she's leaving you behind
well yeah, she's leaving you
she's leaving one kiss at a time
Well now she's taking you to bed
her legs wrapped 'round your head
you're losing her to some crazy kinda motion
you keep coming up for air
you look around and stare
find you're swimming in two completely different oceans
you're wondering if she's thinking
about some other man
she says 'come on, baby, you know you are my loverman,'
you're going nuts, you don't know exactly what to say
she says 'don't worry, baby,
this is just my little way.'
I'm leaving you
she's leaving you behind
ah man, she's leaving you
she's leaving one kiss at a time
She keeps saying hey don't hate me
she keeps saying hey there's just some kind
of failure of the imagination
she keeps saying things like this
now she's giving you a kiss
now she's got you driving her to the station
something slipped out of the sky
this is a black leather day
the train is moving down the platform
and it's drawing away
you're crying buckets
she gives her glove a wave
she says 'ah, c'mon, that's no way to behave.'
she's leaving you,
she's leaving you behind
oh yeah, she's leaving you
she's leaving leaving one kiss at a time
she's leaving you...