Leaving Song

Leaving Song written and performed by Barefoot McCoy ©2015. www.barefootmccoy.com

I headed home on a night a lot like this

Against the wind, against my mind.

There you stood, resentment clinched in your fists,

And the blame was all mine.

Well the candle's burning low,

And the sun has set, you know.

There you confessed love had left us in the mist.

So I'll leave you alone now"

I promise.

Betrayed by my consciousness, my instincts, my wits

When there was no use in trying.

You say my side has grown cold and comfortless,

And my angels are all crying,

But time has past to be withdrawn;

It's the time for moving on.

There you marked me with one last deathly kiss.

So I'll leave you alone now

I promise.

I drifted South with the cold on my back

Snow melting through my shoes.

Counting the rocks 'round the railroad tracks,

Still thinking of you.

I'm not fighting for your heart.

I just wonder where you are.

You surely knew it'd take two to fight for this.

So I'll leave you alone now

I promise.

Time is a wave rolling furiously fast

On the seasick open air.

Maybe only the best things will last,

And we never did get there.

You won't take your time on this,

And you always did know best.

But your little world is of ignorance and bliss,

So I'll leave you alone now

And your heart, just an empty black abyss,

So I'll leave you alone now

I just hate to think of all the things that we'll miss,

But I'll leave you alone now

I promise.

I promise.