STOP BEFORE YOU GO (Tom Evans)
[Iveys demo from "How Much Is The Sky (The Iveys Anthology Vol. 4)" CD - recorded 1968 - released 2024]

Stop, before you go
I'm asking you once
I'll ask you again just to
Stop, before you go
Think it all over
I'm sure you will see that I'm right
I'm right
Start it again
And I'll try to explain why we fight

The evening began so well
I could tell
We dropped by for a quiet drink
Began to think
Then you missed words I never said
Crazy thoughts went around your head
Wondered why that I looked so sad
I told you I was feeling bad

Stop, before you go
I'm asking you once
And I'll ask you again just to
Stop, before you go
Think it all over
I'm sure you will see that I'm right
I'm right
Start it again
And I'll try to explain why we fight

You tormented and tortured me
All I asked was to let me be
Then your patience ran out on you
I was selfish, I know it's true
Things got worse baby, I agree
Back to my place, you followed me
But I still couldn't act my age
You walked out the door in a rage

Oh, stop, before you go
I'm asking you once
And I'll ask you again just to
Stop, before you go
Think it all over
I'm sure that we'll see that I'm right
I'm right
Start it again
And I'll try to explain why we fight

lyrics transcribed by Tom Brennan

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