I have to sit you down
 
 Let me tell you what it's all about
 
 Cause I've been carrying a torch around 
 
 And I've forgotten how to snuff it out
 
  
  And you have been unkind
 
 And that's a matter I cannot ignore
 
 You have to skirt around the truth sometimes
 
 But it's time I told you what I came here for
  
 
 To thank you for all the small favors
 
 I'm thinkin' now I hope it doesn't change us
 
 And take us to a time when we were strangers
 
 In a two-station town
 
 You can't get the train to slow down
  
 
 Small favors
 
 Oh to you as sure as she was honest
 
 And now do you remember when you promised
 
 To forgive me someday
 
 The debts that I can't repay
 
 The debts that I can't repay
  
 
 And I cannot forget
 
 You looked at me as if I'd lost a bet
 
 And I hadn't opened up my big mouth yet
 
 And I thought of crawling back into the plane
  
 
 And though it's sad to tell
 
 I still remember how the dry-eye felt
 
 Across the curtains in the cheap hotel
 
 Lit-up dust clouds in the window pane
  
 
 And I thank you for all the small favors
 
 I'm thinkin' now I hope it doesn't change us
 
 And take us to a time when we were strangers
 
 In a two-station town
 
 You can't get the train to slow down
  
 
 Small favors
 
 I'm thinkin' now I hope it doesn't change us
 
 And take us to a time when we were strangers
 
 In a two-station town
 
 You can't get the train to slow down
  
 
 Small favors
 
 Oh to you as sure as she was honest
 
 Now do you remember when you promised
 
 Forgive me someday
 
 The debts that I can't repay
 
 The debts that I can't repay
 
 The debts that I can't repay