Burned out like the tip of your cognac dipped cigar Plotting a path that can only be measured in stars You head for a place that is safe, it just ain't around here Time's running out for a taste of the ones you hold dear Well I'll refrain from a chorus of tearful goodbyes Cause what some see as pain, I see as light in your eyes Well I won't pretend you're not facing an end I don't fear Still I might get choked up or silent, driven to tears But I'd sure love a glimpse of the faces and voices you'll hear Of the voices you'll hear Well tell all the ones that I love that I'm doing okay And I'll see them sooner than later, one of these days And I'd tell them myself but today I can't travel that far So I'm sending you off with some hastily scribbled postcards Postcards Down on my knees I try to believe when I pray That you're answering me by helping me get through the day And I dial and I dial but the numbers I have are all wrong Still over milllons of miles I'm still getting a sense you belong And though I can't understand, on this point I think we'll both agree That those left behind can see through their tears that you're free So send out a round of embraces and kisses for me Hand out a postcard to all of my friends that you see Cause I know they're saving a place at the table for me At the table for me Well tell all the ones that I love that I'm doing okay And I'll see them sooner than later, one of these days As you pass through the flames with your arms wrapped around your guitar Well the cool thing about heaven is they'll take you just the way that you are The way that you are Well tell all the ones that I love that I'm doing okay And I'll see them sooner than later some other day And I'd tell them myself but today I can't travel that far So I'm sending you out with some hastily scribbled postcards Postcards Postcards