When we broke up she woke up and took it like a casualty She packs up her things and brings them with her across the sea An American child yet all of the while she was there for me Cuz she was dyin in her rountine of mediocrity She left this side with nothing to hide she's got an honest heart She's out with the old and in with the new a brand new start It seemed to me the place to be and she agreed Now she's gonna start it all, all over again I said I hate to say I told you so but it was me who said to go, and leave us behind Take a load off your mind And all this time she's got a tune in her head that all the children said hey heyyyy Who can express the taste in the air it was a delicacy The tune in her head she whistled in bed it was a symphony And all the while it seemed a style, enough for me She would never return to the one she left behind To all she's our kind Cuz now she's gonna start it all, all over again I said I hate to say I told you so but it was me who said to go, and leave us behind Take a load off your mind And all this time she's got a tune in her head that all the children said hey heyyyy I said I hate to say I told you so but it was me who said to go, and leave us behind Take a load off your mind And all this time she's got a tune in her head that all the children said hey heyyyy And it goes a little something like this