To the girl with the dog eyes, You're the only one who knows that's a nice thing to say I got woken up at sunrise, To your ukulele ringing through my brains Some song about a Brooklyn moon And a poor boy exhaling into you And your was that old familiar phrase Singing the road giveth and the road taketh away To my toothless angel You're the only one who'll smile at that line I found a word for the color Of your nameless and perfect eyes But I lost it in a drunken haze I screamed it out into the North Country rain And when it echoed back all it did say Was the road giveth and the road taketh away I won't sleep when I'm dead, When I'm dead they'll probably be other stuff to do I don't need to sleep I don't need to sing this to them I just need to sing this to you To the girl with the dog eyes, And whatever else it was that brought me here I hope you wake up next sunrise With this song at the edge of your ears And all the blue skies that warm your blood Let you realize how lucky I was I had the perfect farewell but it somehow slipped away Singing, the road giveth and the road taketh away