LEAVING IN THE MORNING

(Eric Bogle)

Outside the rain is sleeting, against my window beating
Beside me you lie sleeping, dreaming cares away.
And I listen to you breathing and soon I'm half-believing
That I'm a fool for leaving you, and maybe I should stay.

Chorus:
But I'm leaving, packed my bags, I'm movin' on
When you wake up, you'll find I'm gone
Leaving in the morning.

For my life's a blind migration to an unknown destination
You were just a wayside station, a stop along the line
And I never said I loved you, you knew I only used you
You knew one day I'd leave you, and this is the time.

When you wake up tomorrow to find my empty pillow
Don't waste your time with sorrow, don't shed a tear
For I won't think about you, for I can live without you
And soon I will forget you, and who the helle you were.

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Sung by Eric Bogle on 'Pure'

Not from personal experience, I wouldn't be such a rotter as to leave a girl flat like that. Anyway he doesn't want to leave, not really, he's scared for a too-permanent relationship, who isn't it? Written August 1972. Eric.

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Submitted by EB

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I've collected most of the lyrics I've posted here during the past months.
These lyrics, along with the .RA audioclips, are available at
http://geocities.com/Nashville/Opry/7424
Ezio