With you or without you, love,
I must be moving
Never meant to linger here so long

With you or without you,
Though it breaks my heart
To hear the Sunset Song


Wasn't that a time we had,
And bless you for it

But I'm a stranger here, I don't belong
The band's down on the jetty,
If you cup your ear

You'll hear the Sunset Song

You said, if I hold my breath

Dive down deep enough
I might grow fins
Seems to me I've held my breath

Held my breath to please you
Ever since


Early morning, that's the time
For fare-thee-wells
Slip out of the warm sheets and gone

But I want to hear it as I walk along
Hear the Sunset Song


In your waking, in your dreams,
I won't be martyred
On that cross where some say

I belong
Opinions are coffins, I'll just trust my feet
To find the Sunset Song


Every day I'll wear your memory
Like a favourite shirt upon my back

In the hallway, there's my suitcase
By the door, I never did unpack


With you or without you, love,
I must be moving
Never meant to linger here so long

With you or without you,
Though it breaks my heart
To hear the Sunset Song