Going Going Gone (With the Abstractions)

Packing up the U-Haul
Heading for the shore
Another month, another move
Who knows how many more
This friend of mine can't settle down
He's always got to move around
Now he wants to hear the ocean's roar

He's had a dozen different jobs
Never liked a one
And wonders when his countless years
Of searching will be done
He says that when his ship comes in
He'll never have to move again
He just hopes he'll be there when it comes

And I can see it in his eyes
The weariness he can't disguise
That pulls him back the more he tries to run
While he keeps his past at bay
The future swiftly drifts away
Before too long it's going going gone

Always running late
Never has the time
Always saving money
But he never has a dime
Always blaming circumstance
Leaving everything to chance
Searching without knowing what to find

And I can hear it in his voice
The sadness when he makes a choice
To pack up once again and move along
He seems to drift so aimlessly
Like ships he watches on the sea
Silhouetted, going going gone

He's never finished what he's planned
He's let his life drift through his hands
Pretending that tomorrow never comes
Waste a day, you waste a year
You watch tomorrow disappear
Before you know, it's going going gone