Off He Goes - Pearl Jam

One... Two... One... Two

Know a man

His face seemed pulled and tense

Like he's riding on a motorbike

So I approach with tact

Suggest that he should relax

But he's always moving much too fast

On this trip he's taken for a ride

He's been takin' too much on

There he goes with his perfectly unkept clothes

There he goes

He's yet to come back

But I've seen his picture

We go way back

I wonder 'bout his insides

It's like his thoughts are too big for his size

He's been taken... where, I don't know

Off he goes with his perfectly unkept hope

There he goes

And now I rub my eyes, for he has returned

It seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned

For he still smiles...

And he's still strong

That has grown

And now he's home and we're laughin'

Like we always did, my same old, same old friend

Until a quarter to ten

He seems distracted and I know just what is going to happen next

Before his first step,

He's off again