Should I Go Missing

Should I go missing?
Or should I stay right here and sing?
Goodnight, good fishing
I hope the road don't make you mean
Sweet thing

Should I go missing?
Tell my mother she did fine
When I cried, she'd listen
Help me throw away the wine
This time

Tell my lover she ain't mine no more
You can't love her and expect her to feel free
Maybe solitude will give her more
Than the loneliness she wrestled out of me

Should I go missing?
In the forest, in the fall
I cry, who's listening?
I'm a distant barking dog
That's all

Tell my lover I'm a dream she had
Somewhere, sleeping through a storm in some old car
Maybe solitude will drive us mad
But it's better than forgetting who you are

Should I go missing?
Burn my books, don't sing my songs
Goodbye, good fishing
Hope the time don't prove us wrong
So long