There was a time when I was carefree
Lazin' with you down in New Orleans
We lived life casually
Me for you and you for me
There was time when we made a lot of sense
Talking 'bout kids and a picket fence
But that was back in the day
Let the picture fade away
Cuz the jig is up, beyond a doubt
Bye bye baby I'm getting out
You won't see me hangin' round
On the shady side of town
Somehow I started to hesitate
It was all good till you set a date
I told you I was afraid
But you swore I'd be ok
I've never been quite the marrying kind
Wheels won't turn on a sheet of ice
And that's why I gotta go
Hate to say I told you so
But the jig is up, beyond a doubt
Bye bye baby I'm getting out
You won't see me hangin' round
On the shady side of town
Maybe sometime in a couple of years
We can sit down with a keg of beer
And look back over the days
And the total mess we made
I've never been quite the settlin' kind
Can't find peace but I'm gonna try
So babe I'm hittin' the road
It's the only way I know
Cuz the jig is up, beyond a doubt
Bye bye baby I'm getting out
You won't see me hangin' round
On the shady side of town
Cuz I've had a while to contemplate
listen to me lover, it's getting late
and we already know it was over long ago