the guy who leaves

Alanis Morissette

Dad, oh don't get up
I beg you to sit tight

Sweet girl, I'll be a ghost girl
Forget it I am fine

If anything a witnessing is all I needed that night

Until I get what I'm to get
You'll keep being compelled to flee
Until I out this false story
You'll keep playing the guy who leaves

Brother, oh, brother
Solo you did bust out

All I knew was you didn't invite me
So begins themes of self-doubt

There is nothing as harrowing as how I translate facts

Until I get what I'm to get
You'll keep being compelled to flee
Until I out this false story
You'll keep playing the guy who leaves

Baby, oh, partner
How well you've played this part

Similar, oh, how familiar
Reluctant truth you impart

And how you served necesity: "repeat 'til she sees light"

Until I get what I'm to get
You'll keep being compelled to flee
Until I out this false story
You'll keep playing the guy who leaves