Love Me Just Leave Me Alone
(Jewel Kilcher)

This Way


I saw you standing there
You had gold dust in your pocket
And you Combed barbed wire through you hair
You thought I didn't notice
The skin on your teeth had a tear
To make me notice you started to shout
Then you and all your minions
Started flapping your tiny arms all about
They said you were a wise man
when did they teach wise men to pout ?

I tried to forget you
But you tied bells to your name
They jingled every time i thought of you
Without shame
I tried to be unlovable
Why couldn't you do the same ?

What's the matter
Does your love need a home ?
Alright then
Love me, just leave me alone

Your mother was a wolf bite
Your daddy was a cigatette
Your brother was a rosebud
Crossbred with a car wreck
Your sister was a stockbroker
But you aint't nothing but a turtleneck

What's the matter
Does your love need a home ?
Alright then
Love me, just leave me alone

It's not your little boy smile
It's not your little boy name
It's those big boy hands that are the ones to blame
I tried to be unlovable
Why couldn't you do the same

What's the matter
Does your love need a home ?
Alright then
Love me, just leave me alone