Make Me Stay lyrics

I'm gonna turn and walk away

You can wait till I am far along

Then run and come and catch my arm

And say you'd die if I were gone

I want to hear you call my name

It's too easy just to say it soft

I don't like my language watered down

I don't like my edges rounded off

I can't always wait for your circumstance to improve

You know, love is lose it, shifts each time you move

Go ahead, put my back against the wall

Give it all up or don't give it to me at all

You never know this could be our last night

So step back, step back into the light

So I can see your sillouette

You know I'm not done looking yet

Safe the profile for the camera

Give me your eye to eye

I know all your secrets

And you know all of mine

Mostly I don't go for the soft focus

And the fantasy

I need something real

I can think and say and see so

So I'm gonna turn and walk away

You can wait till I am far along

Then run and come and catch my arm

And say you'd die if I were gone

Yes, I'm going to turn and walk away

You can watch me go or you make me stay

• Artist:Ani DiFranco
• Album:Not So Soft (1991)