The Things You Leave Behind (Lenny Kaye)

Sooner or later we’re all gonna find

That we’ve made it to the end of the line

It gets heavier every mountain we climb

It’s the things you leave behind

It’s been one of those years

When people keeping passing

Into the past but you’re still here

Gotta pick up the pieces of your life and theirs

Who gets what and why

We all cart around

A whole lot of baggage

That would better be left by the side of the road

Books and records, old clothes and photos

Carry a heavy load

But sooner or later we’re all gonna find

That we’ve made it to the end of the line

It gets heavier every mountain we climb

It’s the things you leave behind

Unfinished business

Often bears witness

To the best of intentions

For cleaning it up

Gonna get to it one day or another

Until it gets too much

Now I like to forage

In some people’s storage

As much as the next guy

But you gotta expect

That what you find and pass along

Will keep on keeping on and on

And sooner or later we’re all gonna find

That we’ve made it to the end of the line

It gets heavier every mountain we climb

It’s the things you leave behind

Now my friend Jim

He packed it all in

To a 12 by 4 storage space

Boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes

All neatly piled and tucked in place

Now I got an attic

And you’ve got a basement

But it together and what do we see

A piece of you and a piece of me

Moving on to antiquity

So sooner or later we’re all gonna find

That we made it to the end of the line

It’s all there to remind and rewind

It’s the things you leave behind

It’s the stuff you leave behind

It’s the friends you leave behind

And it’s the songs you leave behind

It’s the things you leave behind