If I Have To Go

from Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (Remastered) by Tom Waits

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If I have to go will you remember me
will you find someone else while I'm away
there's nothing for me in this world full of strangers
it's all someone else's idea
I don't belong here and you can't go with me
you'll only slow me down

until I send for you don't wear your hair that way
if you cannot be true I'll understand
tell all the others you'll hold in your arms
that I said I'd come back for you
I'll leave my jacket to keep you warm
that's all that I can do

if I have to go will you remember me
will you find someone else while I'm away

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from Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (Remastered), released November 21, 2006

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