there's somebody that i used to know who's been in my dreams again
and i haven't felt her sunshine since i can't remember when
but i still remember her smile shining painted on my skin
it reminds me of the people that i've been

so take it easy like the leaves grow on the trees
i'll take you everywhere i go
we'll sleep through summer days like we're floating on the breeze
you know nobody has to know

but i've got nowhere to go and i'm still too high to sleep
and i don't want to fight a night so lovely dark and deep
'till i wake up sunday morning, easy like the afternoon
ain't it strange the way it always comes so soon

'cause there's something in our blood that prevents us from keeping still
'till we both lay down together in that graveyard on the hill
and it ain't too hard to see all the trouble that i'm in
'cause somebody that i used to know has been in my dreams again

take off your skin for me, i'll take off mine for you
and take you where ever you want to go
we'll make for the interstate and we'll split this town in two
and if you care, nobody has to know

but that's just how it goes, and it goes away in the end
and it's painful for a while, but it's helpful to pretend
that you feel the same without her and you'll always be good friends
when she's just someone you used to know who's been your dreams again
yeah that's just how it goes, and it goes away in the end
like somebody that i used to know who's been in my dreams again