Take My Life

Can’t sleep, can’t stay awake
Given up lookin’ for a better place
Can’t eat, drinkin’ all day
Tryin’ to forget to remember
Watch three cats stalk a dyin’ pigeon
All I could think is “What a cruel world”
Read about the killings
It’s all about religion
And we sit around waiting for a new world  
Take my life
‘Cause your already runnin’ off with my soul
Take my life
And don’t leave nothin’ left for me to feel this way
Don’t wanna feel this way

Can’t speak, breathin’ too fast
Dollar in my pocket
See how long it lasts  
Can’t love, push you away
Hurts too much to remember
Strayed last night at the cathedral door
Fightin’ with a beggar and a Cuban whore
A born again preacher says,
“It’s all about forgiving”
Sun up the police took us away  
Take my life
‘Cause your already runnin’ off with my soul
Take my life
And don’t leave nothin’ left for me to feel this way
Don’t wanna feel this way

       
©1988 Frank H. Jump (BMI)   for TWEED’s “Hotel Martinique”