[Verse 1]
Unprepared mother slips into this pinafore
Hair curly soaking wet
Law school summer, the world is your oyster
But one little minnow slipped right through the net
[Chorus]
And you send me signs of what it's like
To swim on the other side
And I'll know you from your crooked smile
'Til then, it's a long goodbye
'Til then, it's a long goodbye
[Verse 2]
Here, here, now mother, damn this helter skelter
I'm not sure who pushed me yet
But now I am thirty-three, so many holes in me
Four little minnows slipped right through thе net
[Chorus]
And they send mе signs of what it's like
To swim on the other side
And I'll know them from their crooked smiles
'Til then, it's a long goodbye
'Til then, it's a long goodbye
[Bridge]
I-I-I
I-I-I-I-I
I-I-I