All the Time I Need

This boy...

I met this boy

And he doesn't know this, but...

I showed him this...

...This...paper

That I received awhile ago
That had to be signed and turned in
By today

He's out right now
Trying to get it signed
So I can stay here
So I don't have to go back
To England

I told him I got it today
But really, it was...

The truth is, I don't want to stay
Not because I don't want to stay with him
Or because I miss England all that much
But because...

But because I believe
Things should have an ending

Everything has to end
And this
My time here
Has been so...

It can't go on forever

Even though, I'd like that
I really would

When I was younger
My family would go on all these vacations
And on one of those vacations
We went to stay in this house
On the beach
And things had been...

...Bad, back home

My mother had left
And so my father said--

'We're staying'

'We're staying right here'

And so we did

And the first week was lovely
And the second week was lovely
And then the third...

It wore off

That fun, that loveliness
It just...stopped

And my father realized it
And he became very sad
And then we had to go home
And he was just...

...Broken

He wanted more time

But you have to accept the time you have
And that's what I'm doing

Things are all right now
Because it's a vacation
This, that's what this is

A lovely vacation
Like that time on the beach

People have these, you know

They get into a relationship that can't last
They move into an apartment they can't afford
They take a trip to America
And tell themselves
They'll be able to dip themselves into the country
And then step out
And not be different
Not be changed
Not meet some sweet boy
Who they're going to fall for and--

It's impossible

You get the time you need
And if you try to take more than that
You break

It breaks you

I've seen it

I've had all the time I need
And now I need to leave

He won't get that paper signed
And so he'll think
This was all just...

That it wasn't meant to be

And it wasn't

So I'll go

It was a beautiful vacation

Better than that one at the beach

The one with my father

And it'll have a better ending too

A much better ending