On My Way to Leave You

(Brian Hendrix)

This started as a talking blues song, with every forth line saying "On my way to leave you," but it ended up sounding too much like Townes' "Dollar Bill Blues" in cadence. So I reworked it here. It has a bit more of a talking-blues song cadence but certainly doesn't have to. It's about a guy who wants to leave his woman but can't bring himself to do it, so he gets around this by ensuring himself that today's the day... though he keeps finding excuses not to leave.

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Stopped in down at Irish Dill’s Grabbed a stool and drank my fill A curb attacked me, bruised my heel Shows through my finery Ran a stop sign, two red lights Almost got into a fight With a woman standing six-foot-five As I was on my way to leave (Chorus) On my way to leave you ‘Cause I ran into sanity I figured out forever meant A whole eternity For if I had that much to give For if I get to choose On my way to leave you, babe I’ve decided against you Followed me a flock of geese Started north then headed east Calling out their key to peace A little music from the sky Made it home by three o’clock Circled absent ‘round the block Couldn’t start to even stop To show up to tell you bye (Chorus) Some old photo of your face Crushed in my palm, like our fate Burned it up in my ash tray But there’s no smoking otherwise Second thoughts turned three to four Gone too high to count, then more As my key unlocked the door The knob just seemed so shy (Chorus) Saw you treading up the hall Your silhouette engulfed the wall I couldn’t find the words of all A looming ghost that haunts the day I’ve stood here lo much before Shrinking down into the floor I’ll try again of that I’m sure But probably I’ll just stay (Chorus)

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