TO LET YOU GO
- TO LET YOU GO –
WRITTEN BY DLYNK (Debi Lyn) ON 01/17/16
THO I DIDN’T WANT TO LET YOU GO,
MY LOVE REFUSED TO LIVE A LIE.
WHEN YOU CHOSE ANOTHER WOMAN,
MY BROKEN HEART TRIED HARD TO SAY GOODBYE.
OH, HOW IT HURT ME. YES, IT HURT ME
IN SO MANY WAYS YOU SURELY COULDN’T KNOW.
BUT IT DID; IT HURT ME DEEPLY, AND
BECAUSE IT’S TRUE, I SHOULD HAVE LET YOU GO.
WE BOTH KNOW I DON’T WANT YOU TO GO.
WHEN YOU PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND ME, I GROW WEAK.
BUT YOU DIDN’T CHOOSE TO MAKE ME YOURS,
AND ONCE I’M GONE, ANOTHER’S WHAT YOU’LL SEEK.
OH, HOW YOU HURT ME. YES, IT STILL HURTS ME
IN SO MANY WAYS PERHAPS YOU DIDN’T KNOW.
BUT YOU DID; YOU HURT ME DEEPLY, AND
I KNOW IT’S TRUE; I NEED TO LET YOU GO.
I DON’T EVER WANT TO LET YOU GO;
TIS WHY YOU STILL BID MY LONELY HEART TO STAY.
BUT BY STAYING WHERE I DON’T BELONG
THIS PAIN HAS NOT BEEN FAR AWAY.
OH, HOW YOU HURT ME. YES, YOU HURT ME
IN SO MANY WAYS YOU SURELY HAVE TO KNOW.
INDEED YOU HURT ME DEEPLY, DARLING.
& IT’S TRUE THAT I MUST SOMEHOW LET YOU GO.
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