Leave me lonely (video)

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1. Leave me lonely, leave me alone,

I got somebody special waitin' back home,

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she saves her love for me. I save my love for her.

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You're awful pretty, so pretty, girl,

I'd love to talk to you, but I don't wanna

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lead you on to somewhere, I don't wanna go, don't wanna go.

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So please understand, I'm doing the best I can

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to be faithful and true and it matters to me and her.

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The matter is one man faithful and true

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to me, to her, and to you

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2. Somewhere else, girl, some other time,

I might take you home, I might make you mine,

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I'd do for you, what I'm doing for her.

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If things were different, oh, but they’re not,

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I can't give to you what I haven't got to give anymore,

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I've given my love, given my love.

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So, please, understand, I'm doing the best I can.

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+ Please, understand, I'm doing the best I can. + F

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+ Just leave me lonely, leave me alone,

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I got somebody special waitin' back home,

F C

she saves her love for me, I save my love for her.

Em F Em F

So please understand, I'm doing the best I can

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to be faithful and true and it matters to me and her.

G C Dm Em F

The matter is one man faithful and true

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to me, to her, and to you.

(orig. = capo 2nd) (Gary Morris)