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Why'd You Leave Me Here

from Searching for Diamonds by Matt Robert

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Good-times blues in the style of The Band. Piano by J. Stu Esty; bass by Andrew Kramer; drums by John Jordan. Recorded 2012 at Riverview Studios, Waltham, MA.

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Why’d You Leave Me Here

Once upon a time I could still believe
That you would take up my love if I wore it on my sleeve
But now I’m here and I'm begging for mercy
And I heard you’re living down on the shores of New Jersey
Why’d you have to go and leave me here?

Each new year brings another one more crop
Of fresh faced girls standing at the bus stop
They smile back at me, say how do you do
But none of them’s for me, and none of them is you
Why’d you have to go and leave me here?

When I first met you, you were out of my sight
It took my eyes a little while to adjust to the light
And now my lips can tell the old tired tale
All those pretty girls who started to pale

Why’d you have to go?
Why'd you have to go?
Why'd you have to go and leave me here?

Why couldn’t you stay and be true?
Do all the things I wanted you to do?
Stay all night talking about Prine and Ryan
Talking about living till the day that we're dying

Why’d you have to go?
Why’d you have to go?
Why’d you have to go and leave me here?

I spent breakfast in LA, dinner in Frisco
Chased the road out from the coast as far as it would go
Hid from the sun in Mendocino
Shivered from cold in the winter of Toronto

Why’d you have to go and leave me here?

Gonna ride a bus, maybe I'll hop a train
Walk out in the streets, sleep out in the rain
Ride my bike if I can’t borrow a car
I gotta get out of this town and get a new start

Why’d you have to go and leave me here?

Maybe next week, maybe next year
We’ll sit together on your porch sipping a beer
If I never make it to you, you can rest assured
I never changed my mind, or went back on my word

Why’d you have to go and leave me here?

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from Searching for Diamonds, track released March 28, 2013
Matt Robert: vocals, electric and acoustic guitars. Piano by J. Stu Esty; bass by Andrew Kramer; drums by John Jordan. Recorded 2012 at Riverview Studios, Waltham, MA.

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Matt Robert Worcester, Massachusetts

New England musician, performing solo acoustic, original and roots covers as well as in Matt&Marty Acoustic Mayhem, with Marty Ayotte.

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