Shackles (new 7/11/16)

from Love, etc. by Melanie A. Davis

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I won't make you stay, I won't make you go
You could run away, baby, just let me know
Cause I'm tired of swimming in nothing but pools of blue
and I'm tired of living my life like it must be led by you

Cause I don't intend to be no shackles round your feet,
I got places to be
and if you're trying to latch onto mine,
well, darling, I ain't got no time, and it's just not for me
Just not my scene

Everyone says it gets better
but everyone else sees bad weather and gets the hell out of dodge
All but me, how odd

I won't say I'll stay, I won't say I'll go
You have me today, that's all you know
I want you badly, baby, making it harder to breathe
but I want so badly, baby, to find something I can believe
and I don't think that it's you

But you know, it's alright cause I don't intend to be
no shackles round your feet, I got places to be
and if you're trying to latch onto mine,
well, darling, I ain't got no time, and it's just not for me
Just not my scene

The same taste gets old after a while
The burning rubber taste of fresh denial
I'm the child, take me in for a while

Rest assured that I don't intend to be
no shackles round your feet, I got places to be
and if you're trying to latch onto mine,
well, darling, I ain't got no time, and it's just not for me
Just not my scene

You say that you mean well,
and I'm sure there's no bad feelings in hell
So let's say we'll just give it some time - does that sound fine?

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from Love, etc., released July 8, 2016

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Melanie A. Davis Murray, Kentucky

Singer-songwriter from western Kentucky. I sing about me, you, us, and the wild weird world we're currently living in.

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