baby i once told you that i loved you and i meant it
but if our time was cold hard cash i simply would have spent it
i always was a small town girl when i'd an ear i had lent it
yet when we were together empty words they were relentless
lately i been thinkin' on some things
like maybe i should give up on my dreams
oh no now baby it's time for you to go
my momma always said every saint's a sinner in disguise
my eyes are sharp now baby and so's my wit grown sly
i tread lightly so's not to falter tightly conceal my lies
for your eyes only mine will shed tears and my own i will die
lately i been thinkin' on some things
like maybe i should keep this and just leave
oh but baby, it's time for you to go
you robbed me of my soul but you can't rob me of my body
my hands now mangled blue and twisted my face's snarled and knotted
when a hug is what i needed the only bear i saw was haughty
until the sun comes back 'round the skies turn ominous and cloudy
baby if the world weren't such an ugly place
maybe i'd get to see your smiling face
oh but baby it's time for you to go
