Leave from Trademarks by Luke Brawner

VERSE 1:
I dream of a parade throughout the streets of the city
Where you can hear the people chant your name
Not with songs, not with shouts of praise and adulation
But with that same old familiar refrain

CHORUS 1:
Leave; we don’t want you here
Leave; you don’t need to speak
Leave for the time has come to leave
And let the people grieve

VERSE 2:
How I long for the time before you sold us down the river
When the days to come still seemed bright
But now our sun is setting in the California skyline
And we’re lost in the darkness of the night

CHORUS 2:
Leave; don’t even say goodbye
Leave; don’t try to justify
Leave, you can’t make this right
Leave; we don’t want you here
Leave; you don’t need to speak
Leave for the time has come to leave
And let the people grieve

BRIDGE:
This is not about the gifts you brought
To serve as consolation
But for the heart you stole, and for the lies you told
And there is no vindication
Was It arrogance or indifference
Or did loyalty fade away
There’s no defense, no recompense
And there’s nothing you can say, so

CHORUS 3:
Leave; don’t wanna hear you out
Leave; don’t you turn around
Leave; this is not your town
Leave; we don’t want you here
Leave; you don’t need to speak
Leave for the time has come to leave
And let the people grieve

• Folk
• folk
• liturgical
• lyrical
• sacred-music
• singer-songwriter
• Houston