If It Doesn't Come Naturally Leave It-Al Stewart

[ti:If It Doesn't Come Naturally Leave It] [ar:Al Stewart] [al:On The Border] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]If It Doesn't Come Naturally Leave It - Al Stewart (阿尔·史蒂伍德) [00:14.16]Nothing that's forced can never be right [00:16.97]If it doesn't come naturally leave it [00:19.80] [00:20.83]That's what she said as she turned out the light [00:23.57]And we bent our backs as slaves of the night [00:27.34]She lowered her guard showed me the scar [00:30.52]She got from trying to fight [00:32.85] [00:33.82]Saying oh you'd better believe it [00:38.66] [00:44.11]Well I'm up to my neck in crumbling wreckage [00:47.49]Of all that I wanted from life [00:49.77] [00:50.62]When I looked for respect all I got was neglect [00:54.13]Though I swallowed the line as a sign of the times [00:57.93]But dealing a Jack from the back of the pack [01:01.00]They said [01:01.68] [01:02.29]You'll lose again [01:03.43] [01:05.25]Oh I said who needs it [01:09.07] [01:11.76]Well don't get me wrong now I tried to get on [01:14.91]With the jokers who got in my way [01:17.38] [01:18.54]And I put on a smile [01:20.05]And I tried all the while to be straight [01:22.80] [01:25.27]But they just wanted more all the time and I'm sure [01:28.80]That you know what I mean when I say [01:31.58] [01:32.48]That I'm sick of the touch [01:34.09]And there's only so much you can take [01:36.95] [01:39.40]Well nothing that's real is ever for free [01:42.59]And you just have to pay for it sometime [01:45.72] [01:46.53]She said it before she said it to me [01:49.52]I suppose she believed there was nothing to see [01:52.78]But the same old four imaginary walls [01:56.54]She built for living inside [01:58.87] [01:59.65]I said oh you just can't mean it [02:04.61] [02:40.86]Well there was never a doubt that she had to get out [02:44.51]She was just looking around for a way [02:47.09] [02:48.27]In the pit of the night [02:49.68]There was nowhere to hide any more [02:52.39] [02:54.98]She was out on a limb [02:56.74]She was reaching for things [02:58.52]That she wanted but just couldn't say [03:01.24] [03:02.29]And she had to be sure [03:03.72]That she wouldn't get caught like before [03:06.72] [03:09.12]Well nothing that's forced can never be right [03:12.34]If it doesn't come naturally leave it [03:15.33] [03:16.33]That's what she said as she turned out the light [03:19.30]And she may have been wrong [03:21.03]And she may have been right [03:22.82]But I woke with the frost [03:24.73]And noticed she'd lost the veil that covered her eyes [03:28.64] [03:29.47]I said oh you can leave it