Love Me, Just Leave Me Alone

 

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    I saw you standing there,        you had gold dust in your pocket.

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    and you combed barbed wire through your hair.            

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          You thought I didn't notice the skin on your teeth had a tear.

 

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1.    To make me notice you started to shout,

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    then you and all your minions started flapping your tiny arms all about.

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    They said you were a wise man, when did they teach wise men to pout?

 

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2.    I tried to forget you, but you tied bells to your name,

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    they jingled every time I thought of you without shame.

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    I tried to be unlovable, why couldn't you do the same?

 

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     What's the matter? Does your love need a home?

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Alright then, love me, just leave me al…one.

 

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4.    Your mother was a wolf bite, your daddy was a cigarette,

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    your brother was a rosebud crossbred with a car wreck,

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    your sister was a stockbroker, but you ain't nothing but a turtleneck.

 

+ CHORUS    +   D  ~    G - D - A - D

 

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5.     It's not your little boy smile, it's not your little boy name,

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    it's those     big boy hands that are the ones to blame.

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    I tried to be unlovable, why couldn't you do the same?

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+ CHORUS  (2x) + Love me, just leave me alone. (2x)      (Jewel)