See You When You're 40

I'm gonna leave, tonight before I change my mind

You're just a boy, not a man and I'm not comin' back
And I'll be on my way and I won't be back
But sad because you thought it was cool, to be sad
I temporarily forgot there's better days to come
But you had walked past me today
'Cause I've seen tonight, what I've been warned about
But I found, tonight, what I'd been warned about
So paper thin the one real feeling could knock you down
You think you are complicated, deep mystery to all
Now I've seen tonight, how could I waste my time?
You think misery will make you stand apart from the crowd

Being comforted by strangers, you'll never need to know
All energy, no meanin' with a lot of words
Not sad because you lost me

'Cause I want, tonight, what I've been waiting for
Wouldn't have picked you out
And I've seen, tonight, what I'd been warned about
So see you when you're forty, lost and all alone

I thought that I would give it just one more chance
I wouldn't have picked you out, I wouldn't have picked you out

Well it's taken me a while to see, you're not so special