If you walk away, Iâll walk away First tell me which road you will take I donât want to risk our past crossing some day So you walk that way, Iâll walk this way And the future hangs over our heads
And it moves with each current event Until it falls all around like a cold steady rain Just stay in when itâs looking this way And the moonâs laying low in the sky Forcing everything metal to shine And the sidewalk holds diamonds like the jewelry store case They argue walk this way, now walk this way And Lauraâs asleep in my bed As Iâm leaving she wakes up and says âI dreamed you were carried away on the crest of a wave Baby, donât go away, come hereâ And thereâs kids playing guns in the street And ones pointing his tree branch at me So I put my hands up I say, âEnough is enough If you walk away, Iâll walk awayâ and he shot me dead
I found a liquid cure From my landlocked blues Itâll pass away like a slow parade Itâs leaving but I donât know how soon And the worldâs got me dizzy again You think after 22 years, Iâd be used to the spin And it only feels worse when I stay in one place So Iâm always pacing around or walking away And I keep drinking the ink form my pen And Iâm balancing history books up on my head But it all boils down to one quotable phrase If you love something, give it away A good woman will pick you apart A box full of suggestions for your possible heart But you may be offended and you may be afraid But donât walk away, donât walk away We made love on the living room floor
With the noise in background from a televised war And in the deafening pleasure, I thought I heard someone say âIf we walk away theyâll walk awayâ But greed is a bottomless pit And our freedomâs a joke, weâre just taking a piss And the whole world must watch the sad comic display If youâre still free start running away ÂŽcause weâre coming for you Iâve grown tired of holding this post I feel more like a stranger each time I come home So Iâm making a deal with the devils of faith Saying âLet me walk away, pleaseâ Youâll be free child once you have died From the shackles of language and measurable time And then we can trade places, play musical grace
Till then walk away, walk away, walk away, walk away So Iâm up at dawn, putting on my shoes I just want to make a clean escape Iâm leaving but I donât know where to I know Iâm leaving but I donât know where to