We have a big house with lots of gardens,
And children playin' in the school next door.
These aren't the best times.
These aren't the worst times.
But these are my times.
I never asked for more.

There's always sunshine and shiny weather.
I like it just fine, he likes it better.
And I don't know the name
Of the people right next door.
But I can't complain,
He could have had so much more.

And he isn't you, and I'll never be
The one that he left behind.
Each time we look in the mirror, I see
Those restless eyes when he finds
That I'm not the one he wanted,
And he's not who I dreamed.
Oh, those restless eyes,
And restless me.

And when the warm winds that surround me,
Come raining down me on cold summer nights,
He never asks me to surrender,
And I remember that when I want to leave.

And if my heart beats a touch too fast,
Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/XKGoAnd if my eyes blink, he doesn't ask.
He lets us both pretend
It's the wind up from the shore.
And I love him for it then,
Like I never did before.

'Cause he isn't you, and I'll never be
The one that he left behind.
Each time we look in the mirror, we see
Those restless eyes, so surprised
That I'm not the one he wanted,
And he's not who I dreamed.
Oh, those restless eyes,
And restless me.

'Cause I'm not what he wanted.
And he is not who I dreamed.
And restless me.

RESTLESS EYES
Written by: Janis Ian
Performed by: Janis Ian-1981
Appears on: Restless Eyes-19811

1Transcribed from the track on this album.

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