I’M NOT LEAVING

Slipped away once in early September

Put a name to the voice in her head

Well, she’s a pretty one -

but she sure got a temper

Drank it down with the last of the new year

Felt the sting, still she took it to bed

and prayed to god there’d be something to prove here - when the news clears

Did no one teach you

That nobody’s see through?

Say: “I’m not leaving

I’m not leaving -

Are you?”

She’s just a kid, tryin’ to build up resistance

Pours it out every swell of the moon

Call it a top-down kind of persistence -

If there’s a difference

They say the phone’s ringin’ 

off the hook lately

Which - honestly - hits closer to home

I guess we’ve all gone a little bit crazy

Yeah, maybe

Did no one teach you

That nobody’s see through?

Say: “I’m not leaving

I’m not leaving -

Are you?”

Did no one teach you

That nobody’s see through?

I guess I’ll need to.

But Lorelai, will you

say: “I’m not leaving?”

I’m not leaving