From the recording 8. Would Have But Won't

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WOULD HAVE BUT WON’T
Michael Dyer
© 2006

I would have loved you every dawn to twilight;
I would been the site of your night’s delight.
I would have kissed away your tender, troubled tears.
I would have soothed away your darkest fears.
I would have always been there at your side,
I would have backed you in everything you tried.

But I won’t wait for your lies to, somehow, turn into truth.
and I won’t turn a blind eye to your cheating, based on some lame excuse.
and I won’t just, give and give, and give and give, and give and give, and give,
When you just seem to take, and take,
and what I give passes through you, just like an sieve.

I would have loved you from every dawn to twilight.
I would have been the site of your day’s delight.
I would have never let you come undone.
I would have moved the Earth. I would have hauled a ton.
I would have taken on any enterprise.
I would have joined your dreams, no matter what the size.

But I won’t wait and wait, and wait and wait, and wait and wait, and wait.
I’m not some hungry fish, eyeing for some underwater bait.
I won’t hold the bag, take the fall, play the fool; bang my head against a wall.
I won’t give and give, and give and give, when you take and take, just like sieve.

I would have always been there at your side,
I would have, but I won’t.