Men Just Leave

Glen Phillips

She came from Austin, Texas, she liked his custom van

And his pit bull Francis

Even when he took a chunk out of her hand

The liked to dance in the desert and screw in the sand

He said they'd always be together

But when her belly got big she never saw him again



One and one ends up to be three

Don't need to have love don't need to be sweet

But when the air gets heavy and it's hard to breathe

The women get stuck, the men just leave



They were high school sweethearts from Portland, Maine

He was a writers block poet

And though she'd never read a line she still had faith

They ended up in La Jolia, she sold Mary Kay

He dreamed about getting published

And when her belly got big he ran away



I've seen that one and one ends up to be three

Don't need to have love don't need to be sweet

But when the air gets heavy and it's hard to breathe

The women get stuck, the men just leave



There's a place in the desert where the men all meet

They park their vans in the shade

Talk about Kerouac and the works of the Beats

Let their dogs play together, drink beer and they sing

They've all got a secret treasure

The wellet pictures in their pocket

Of the kids they never see