14th drowning man

words � Tom Smith 1999

13 men were saved from the sinking ship
14th drowning man
watched them go and said
don't leave me alone
a bedouin was driving by in a pickup
his wives had all left him and gone on ahead
he was looking pretty frenzied
i'm sure that he said

don't leave me alone

whenever somebody gets close to me
i cut myself off from them
...
...
and then they have to drift away
and leave me, leave me as i was
and i can't repair the damage
i never meant to cause

don't leave me alone

(break)

i'm out here on my own
cause i ran out on you
see you under the overpass
and passing by

and passing by

don't leave me alone