Story Behind The Song

I wanted to write about how difficult it is to leave someone who has hurt you (or who is currently hurting you). Walking away from someone you love is difficult, but necessary, if your self-respect or dignity is always being compromised.

Song Description

I had Bobby Caldwell ("What You Won't Do For Love") in mind when I wrote this song. I wanted to write a song in this genre that I could hear someone like him (or Chicago) covering.

Lyrics

Let Me Walk Away

Before I spend another night
Waiting by the phone
Before I start believing that I
Can?t make it on my own
Before my heart gets broken by
The careless things you say
Let me walk away?

Before it almost seems
Like I?ve lost my dignity
Before I let false hopes and dreams
Get the best of me
Before my soul starts feeling
Like it?s finally found its mate
Let me walk away?

Bridge:

You?ve made it crystal clear
That we?re not going anywhere
There is no destination in your eyes
You seem to like the distance
Between the two of us and there
I want to read the road signs
You only want to take the ride?

Let me walk away from you
Why do you make me stay?
It isn?t fair to keep me here
Until you learn to give at least as much as you take?

Before I waste a minute more
Of my precious time
Before I entertain the thought
That you really could be mine
Before I think that wall you?ve built
I could someday penetrate
Let me walk away?

Let me walk away?
Let me walk away?
Let me walk away?