You leave your coat on my chair like it lives here Make plans for a spring I've already seen You say "next time" so easy, like time is a friend you can keep I don't tell you what next time means 'Cause I have done this before More than the floor remembers feet You won't be the last But God, you don't have to be sweet I'll outlast you I'll outlast the record, the smoke, the year I'll outlast you And I'll still be standing right here With your coat on my chair Long after you're not anywhere I'll outlast you You're scared of the dark isn't that something I could tell you the dark's the kindest thing I own You count grey in the mirror like it's bad news in the morning I'd give centuries to grow old 'Cause I have done this before Learned the cup that you like, how you sleep You won't be the last But you don't owe me a thing you can't keep I won't ask you to stay. I memorize the door let it do the one thing I never could. I just count you while you're here. That's the only honest love I've got. I'll outlast you I'll outlast the porch light, the long goodbye I'll outlast you And I won't even cry I'll fold the coat. I'll keep the chair. I'll be the one who knows you were here. I'll outlast you.
