tin can on a string

after the breakup

i really thought we'd make up. give her a little time

i'd be on her mind

and suddenly she'd wake up. but today if you listen

softly off in the distance

somewhere 'cross town

you can hear the sound

of wedding bells ringing. and there's bird seed on the concrete

and she's waving goodbye

and they're driving away

and everybody cheerin' them on as the taillights fade

yeah she's really gone

i thought someday that would be me

but now she's driving away in that limousine

and i'm holdin' on

like a tin can on a string. somewhere in my mind

i'm the one by her side. in that backseat

talkin' 'bout the beach

and that honeymoon flight. i'd play the whole thing out

from the kids to the house

to the future that we always dreamed about. but there's bird seed on the concrete

and back here in reality

she's driving away

and everybody cheerin' them on as the taillights fade

yeah she's really gone

i thought someday that would be me

but now she's driving away in that limousine

and i'm holdin' on

like a tin can on a string. i thought someday that would be me

but now she's driving away in that limousine

and i'm not ready to let go of everything

so i'm holdin' on

i'm holdin' on

like a tin can on a string.