Take a Minute

You came in just as I was leaving with my denim bag Everything else I own is sitting in a taxi cab And my hope like the rain kept falling, the sun is gone I guess There's no dinner in the oven, no forwarding address Don't ask me why I'm running You should have seen this coming Take a minute just to think about it baby Take a minute just to work it out I feel like a stranger in your town every evening it's another showdown It's a circus but I ain't your clown I'm tired of fighting now I'm riding out Here's my key and the ring you gave me you can have them back I was counting the nights I've been lonely but I lost track I've spent all this time not knowing And you wonder why I'm going Take a minute just to think about it baby Take a minute just to work it out I feel like a stranger in your town every evening it's another showdown It's a circus but I ain't your clown I'm tired of fighting now I'm riding out